#BB6B39#BB6B39

#BB6B39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.121 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6B39
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 57)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 27.64, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 49.46, 56.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% 0.0765 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.121 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4919, 21.3784, 6.6014)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6B39 #3989BB

analogous

#BB3948 #BB6B39 #BBAC39

triadic

#BB6B39 #39BB6B #6B39BB

tetradic

#BB6B39 #48BB39 #3989BB #AC39BB

square

#BB6B39 #48BB39 #3989BB #AC39BB

split-complementary

#BB6B39 #39BBAC #3948BB

monochromatic

#5D351C #8C502B #BB6B39 #CF8C62 #DDAE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB6B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BB6B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6B39

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6B39	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.121 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59671',
    500: '#bb6b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6b39;
$custom-light: #d59671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60822,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6B39

secondary

#87AFC8

accent

#A5DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6B39

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

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