#BB6140#BB6140

#BB6140 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.125 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6140
RGB	rgb(187, 97, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 33.42, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 48.29, 46.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.0953 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.125 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6958, 19.4873, 7.2577)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6140 #409ABB

analogous

#BB405C #BB6140 #BB9F40

triadic

#BB6140 #40BB61 #6140BB

tetradic

#BB6140 #5CBB40 #409ABB #9F40BB

square

#BB6140 #5CBB40 #409ABB #9F40BB

split-complementary

#BB6140 #40BB9F #405CBB

monochromatic

#603221 #8D4930 #BB6140 #CD866C #DCAB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BB6140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#BB6140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6140

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6140	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.125 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58f76',
    500: '#bb6140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6140;
$custom-light: #d58f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.098,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59232,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6140

secondary

#8FB9C8

accent

#B4D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6140

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

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