#BB6531#BB6531

#BB6531 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.128 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6531
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 49)
HSL	hsl(23, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 30.47, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 53.13, 55.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.0837 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.128 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7039, 20.0968, 5.4306)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6531 #3187BB

analogous

#BB3142 #BB6531 #BBAA31

triadic

#BB6531 #31BB65 #6531BB

tetradic

#BB6531 #42BB31 #3187BB #AA31BB

square

#BB6531 #42BB31 #3187BB #AA31BB

split-complementary

#BB6531 #31BBAA #3142BB

monochromatic

#5A3118 #8B4B24 #BB6531 #D38556 #E0A887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BB6531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BB6531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6531

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6531	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D702B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.128 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6926c',
    500: '#bb6531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6531;
$custom-light: #d6926c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.609,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59709,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6531

secondary

#7FADC9

accent

#A7E246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6531

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

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