#BB6232#BB6232

#BB6232 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.130 H 46.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6232
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 50)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 32.11, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 53.15, 52.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0889 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.13 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4392, 19.5334, 5.4477)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6232 #328BBB

analogous

#BB3247 #BB6232 #BBA732

triadic

#BB6232 #32BB62 #6232BB

tetradic

#BB6232 #47BB32 #328BBB #A732BB

square

#BB6232 #47BB32 #328BBB #A732BB

split-complementary

#BB6232 #32BBA7 #3247BB

monochromatic

#5A2F18 #8B4925 #BB6232 #D28358 #DFA788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BB6232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BB6232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6232

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6232	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.130 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6906c',
    500: '#bb6232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6232;
$custom-light: #d6906c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.022,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59221,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6232

secondary

#80AFC9

accent

#ABE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6232

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

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