#BB6536#BB6536

#BB6536 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.126 H 47.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6536
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 30.72, 41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 51.27, 53.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.0853 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.126 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8153, 20.1414, 6.0175)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6536 #368CBB

analogous

#BB3649 #BB6536 #BBA836

triadic

#BB6536 #36BB65 #6536BB

tetradic

#BB6536 #49BB36 #368CBB #A836BB

square

#BB6536 #49BB36 #368CBB #A836BB

split-complementary

#BB6536 #36BBA8 #3649BB

monochromatic

#5C321B #8C4B28 #BB6536 #D0865E #DEAA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BB6536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB6536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6536

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6536	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)

#7D7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.126 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5926f',
    500: '#bb6536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6536;
$custom-light: #d5926f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.203,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59764,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6536

secondary

#84B0C9

accent

#AADF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6536

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

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