#BB6238#BB6238

#BB6238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.128 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6238
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 32.42, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 50.96, 50.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.0908 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.128 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5773, 19.5886, 6.1747)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6238 #3891BB

analogous

#BB384F #BB6238 #BBA438

triadic

#BB6238 #38BB62 #6238BB

tetradic

#BB6238 #4FBB38 #3891BB #A438BB

square

#BB6238 #4FBB38 #3891BB #A438BB

split-complementary

#BB6238 #38BBA4 #384FBB

monochromatic

#5D311C #8C492A #BB6238 #D08461 #DEA990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BB6238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BB6238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6238

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6238	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.128 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59070',
    500: '#bb6238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6238;
$custom-light: #d59070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.237,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5929,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6238

secondary

#86B3C8

accent

#AEDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6238

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

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