#BB6638#BB6638

#BB6638 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.125 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6638
RGB	rgb(187, 102, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 30.29, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 50.40, 53.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.0843 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.125 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9609, 20.3560, 6.3025)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6638 #388DBB

analogous

#BB384B #BB6638 #BBA838

triadic

#BB6638 #38BB66 #6638BB

tetradic

#BB6638 #4BBB38 #388DBB #A838BB

square

#BB6638 #4BBB38 #388DBB #A838BB

split-complementary

#BB6638 #38BBA8 #384BBB

monochromatic

#5D331C #8C4C2A #BB6638 #D08861 #DEAB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BB6638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BB6638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6638

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6638	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 102, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.125 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59370',
    500: '#bb6638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6638;
$custom-light: #d59370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.069,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59955,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6638

secondary

#86B1C8

accent

#AADD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6638

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

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