#BB6138#BB6138

#BB6138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.128 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6138
RGB	rgb(187, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 32.95, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 51.11, 49.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0924 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.128 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4843, 19.4027, 6.1437)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6138 #3892BB

analogous

#BB3850 #BB6138 #BBA338

triadic

#BB6138 #38BB61 #6138BB

tetradic

#BB6138 #50BB38 #3892BB #A338BB

square

#BB6138 #50BB38 #3892BB #A338BB

split-complementary

#BB6138 #38BBA3 #3850BB

monochromatic

#5D301C #8C492A #BB6138 #D08361 #DEA890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BB6138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BB6138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6138

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6138	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.128 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58f70',
    500: '#bb6138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6138;
$custom-light: #d58f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.779,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59126,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6138

secondary

#86B4C8

accent

#AFDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6138

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

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