#BB6040#BB6040

#BB6040 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.126 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6040
RGB	rgb(187, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, 33.95, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 48.48, 45.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.0969 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.126 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6040, 19.3036, 7.2271)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6040 #409BBB

analogous

#BB405E #BB6040 #BB9E40

triadic

#BB6040 #40BB60 #6040BB

tetradic

#BB6040 #5EBB40 #409BBB #9E40BB

square

#BB6040 #5EBB40 #409BBB #9E40BB

split-complementary

#BB6040 #40BB9E #405EBB

monochromatic

#603121 #8D4930 #BB6040 #CD856C #DCAB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BB6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BB6040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6040

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6040	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.126 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58f76',
    500: '#bb6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6040;
$custom-light: #d58f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.61,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5907,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6040

secondary

#8FB9C8

accent

#B5D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6040

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

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