#BB5F38#BB5F38

#BB5F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.130 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5F38
RGB	rgb(187, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 34.01, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 51.44, 48.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.0957 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.13 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3018, 19.0377, 6.0828)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5F38 #3894BB

analogous

#BB3852 #BB5F38 #BBA138

triadic

#BB5F38 #38BB5F #5F38BB

tetradic

#BB5F38 #52BB38 #3894BB #A138BB

square

#BB5F38 #52BB38 #3894BB #A138BB

split-complementary

#BB5F38 #38BBA1 #3852BB

monochromatic

#5D2F1C #8C472A #BB5F38 #D08261 #DEA790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BB5F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5F38

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5F38	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)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.130 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e70',
    500: '#bb5f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5f38;
$custom-light: #d58e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.863,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58802,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5F38

secondary

#86B5C8

accent

#B2DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5F38

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

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