#BB6535#BB6535

#BB6535 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.127 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6535
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 53)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 30.66, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 51.64, 53.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.085 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.127 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7921, 20.1321, 5.8951)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6535 #358BBB

analogous

#BB3548 #BB6535 #BBA835

triadic

#BB6535 #35BB65 #6535BB

tetradic

#BB6535 #48BB35 #358BBB #A835BB

square

#BB6535 #48BB35 #358BBB #A835BB

split-complementary

#BB6535 #35BBA8 #3548BB

monochromatic

#5C311A #8B4B27 #BB6535 #D1865C #DEAA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BB6535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB6535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6535

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6535	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.127 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5926e',
    500: '#bb6535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6535;
$custom-light: #d5926e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.493,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59752,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6535

secondary

#83B0C9

accent

#A9DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6535

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

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