#BB6235#BB6235

#BB6235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.129 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6235
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 32.26, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 52.05, 51.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.0898 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.129 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5061, 19.5602, 5.7998)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6235 #358EBB

analogous

#BB354B #BB6235 #BBA535

triadic

#BB6235 #35BB62 #6235BB

tetradic

#BB6235 #4BBB35 #358EBB #A535BB

square

#BB6235 #4BBB35 #358EBB #A535BB

split-complementary

#BB6235 #35BBA5 #354BBB

monochromatic

#5C301A #8B4927 #BB6235 #D1835C #DEA88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BB6235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BB6235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6235

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6235	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)

#7B6E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.129 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5906e',
    500: '#bb6235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6235;
$custom-light: #d5906e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.149,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59254,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6235

secondary

#83B1C9

accent

#ADDF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6235

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

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