#BB6938#BB6938

#BB6938 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.123 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6938
RGB	rgb(187, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 28.67, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 50.05, 55.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.0794 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.123 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2611, 20.9563, 6.4026)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6938 #388ABB

analogous

#BB3848 #BB6938 #BBAA38

triadic

#BB6938 #38BB69 #6938BB

tetradic

#BB6938 #48BB38 #388ABB #AA38BB

square

#BB6938 #48BB38 #388ABB #AA38BB

split-complementary

#BB6938 #38BBAA #3848BB

monochromatic

#5D341C #8C4F2A #BB6938 #D08A61 #DEAD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BB6938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BB6938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6938

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6938	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.123 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59571',
    500: '#bb6938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6938;
$custom-light: #d59571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.443,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60465,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6938

secondary

#86B0C8

accent

#A6DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6938

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

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