#BB6240#BB6240

#BB6240 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.124 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6240
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 32.89, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 48.11, 46.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.0937 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.124 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7888, 19.6732, 7.2887)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6240 #4099BB

analogous

#BB405C #BB6240 #BBA040

triadic

#BB6240 #40BB62 #6240BB

tetradic

#BB6240 #5CBB40 #4099BB #A040BB

square

#BB6240 #5CBB40 #4099BB #A040BB

split-complementary

#BB6240 #40BBA0 #405CBB

monochromatic

#603221 #8D4A30 #BB6240 #CD866C #DCAC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BB6240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BB6240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6240

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6240	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.124 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59076',
    500: '#bb6240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6240;
$custom-light: #d59076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.585,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59395,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6240

secondary

#8FB8C8

accent

#B3D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6240

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

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