#BB5F37#BB5F37

#BB5F37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.130 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5F37
RGB	rgb(187, 95, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 33.95, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 51.80, 49.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.0953 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.13 43)
XYZ	xyz(25.2776, 19.0280, 5.9553)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5F37 #3793BB

analogous

#BB3751 #BB5F37 #BBA137

triadic

#BB5F37 #37BB5F #5F37BB

tetradic

#BB5F37 #51BB37 #3793BB #A137BB

square

#BB5F37 #51BB37 #3793BB #A137BB

split-complementary

#BB5F37 #37BBA1 #3751BB

monochromatic

#5C2F1B #8C4729 #BB5F37 #D0815F #DEA78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB5F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5F37

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5F37	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 95, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.130 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e6f',
    500: '#bb5f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5f37;
$custom-light: #d58e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5879,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.19025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5F37

secondary

#85B4C9

accent

#B1DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5F37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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