#BB6234#BB6234

#BB6234 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.129 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6234
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 52)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 32.21, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 52.42, 52.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.0895 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.129 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4833, 19.5510, 5.6799)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6234 #348DBB

analogous

#BB344A #BB6234 #BBA534

triadic

#BB6234 #34BB62 #6234BB

tetradic

#BB6234 #4ABB34 #348DBB #A534BB

square

#BB6234 #4ABB34 #348DBB #A534BB

split-complementary

#BB6234 #34BBA5 #344ABB

monochromatic

#5B3019 #8B4927 #BB6234 #D1835B #DFA78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BB6234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BB6234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6234

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6234	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)

#7B6E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.129 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5906d',
    500: '#bb6234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6234;
$custom-light: #d5906d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.444,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59243,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6234

secondary

#82B1C9

accent

#ACE048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6234

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

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