#BB6539#BB6539

#BB6539 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.125 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6539
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 57)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 30.88, 39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 50.16, 52.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.0863 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.125 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8880, 20.1705, 6.4001)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6539 #398FBB

analogous

#BB394E #BB6539 #BBA639

triadic

#BB6539 #39BB65 #6539BB

tetradic

#BB6539 #4EBB39 #398FBB #A639BB

square

#BB6539 #4EBB39 #398FBB #A639BB

split-complementary

#BB6539 #39BBA6 #394EBB

monochromatic

#5D321C #8C4C2B #BB6539 #CF8762 #DDAB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BB6539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB6539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6539

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6539	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#7D7034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.125 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59271',
    500: '#bb6539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6539;
$custom-light: #d59271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.308,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59799,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6539

secondary

#87B2C8

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6539

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

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