#BB6838#BB6838

#BB6838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.123 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6838
RGB	rgb(187, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 29.21, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 50.16, 54.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.0811 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.123 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1599, 20.7538, 6.3689)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6838 #388BBB

analogous

#BB3849 #BB6838 #BBA938

triadic

#BB6838 #38BB68 #6838BB

tetradic

#BB6838 #49BB38 #388BBB #A938BB

square

#BB6838 #49BB38 #388BBB #A938BB

split-complementary

#BB6838 #38BBA9 #3849BB

monochromatic

#5D341C #8C4E2A #BB6838 #D08961 #DEAC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BB6838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BB6838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6838

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6838	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.123 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59470',
    500: '#bb6838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6838;
$custom-light: #d59470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.985,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60294,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6838

secondary

#86B0C8

accent

#A8DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6838

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

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