#BB6340#BB6340

#BB6340 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.123 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6340
RGB	rgb(187, 99, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, 32.36, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 47.94, 47.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.092 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.123 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8830, 19.8615, 7.3201)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6340 #4098BB

analogous

#BB405B #BB6340 #BBA140

triadic

#BB6340 #40BB63 #6340BB

tetradic

#BB6340 #5BBB40 #4098BB #A140BB

square

#BB6340 #5BBB40 #4098BB #A140BB

split-complementary

#BB6340 #40BBA1 #405BBB

monochromatic

#603321 #8D4B30 #BB6340 #CD876C #DCAC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BB6340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BB6340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6340

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6340	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC525B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 99, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.123 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59176',
    500: '#bb6340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6340;
$custom-light: #d59176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.073,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59559,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6340

secondary

#8FB8C8

accent

#B1D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6340

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

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