#BB6B38#BB6B38

#BB6B38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.121 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6B38
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 27.58, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 49.85, 56.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.0762 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.121 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4672, 21.3685, 6.4713)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6B38 #3888BB

analogous

#BB3846 #BB6B38 #BBAC38

triadic

#BB6B38 #38BB6B #6B38BB

tetradic

#BB6B38 #46BB38 #3888BB #AC38BB

square

#BB6B38 #46BB38 #3888BB #AC38BB

split-complementary

#BB6B38 #38BBAC #3846BB

monochromatic

#5D351C #8C502A #BB6B38 #D08C61 #DEAE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB6B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BB6B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6B38

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6B38	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.121 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59671',
    500: '#bb6b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6b38;
$custom-light: #d59671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.359,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60811,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6B38

secondary

#86AFC8

accent

#A4DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6B38

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

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