#BB6738#BB6738

#BB6738 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.124 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6738
RGB	rgb(187, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 29.75, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 50.28, 53.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.0827 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.124 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0598, 20.5537, 6.3355)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6738 #388CBB

analogous

#BB384A #BB6738 #BBA938

triadic

#BB6738 #38BB67 #6738BB

tetradic

#BB6738 #4ABB38 #388CBB #A938BB

square

#BB6738 #4ABB38 #388CBB #A938BB

split-complementary

#BB6738 #38BBA9 #384ABB

monochromatic

#5D331C #8C4D2A #BB6738 #D08861 #DEAC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BB6738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BB6738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6738

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6738	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.124 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59370',
    500: '#bb6738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6738;
$custom-light: #d59370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.527,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60124,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6738

secondary

#86B1C8

accent

#A9DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6738

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

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