#BB6B3B#BB6B3B

#BB6B3B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.120 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6B3B
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 59)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 27.75, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 48.69, 55.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.0772 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.12 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5428, 21.3988, 6.8694)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6B3B #3B8BBB

analogous

#BB3B4B #BB6B3B #BBAB3B

triadic

#BB6B3B #3BBB6B #6B3BBB

tetradic

#BB6B3B #4BBB3B #3B8BBB #AB3BBB

square

#BB6B3B #4BBB3B #3B8BBB #AB3BBB

split-complementary

#BB6B3B #3BBBAB #3B4BBB

monochromatic

#5E361E #8C502C #BB6B3B #CE8C65 #DDAF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB6B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BB6B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6B3B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6B3B	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)

#827536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95863A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.120 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59673',
    500: '#bb6b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6b3b;
$custom-light: #d59673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60846,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6B3B

secondary

#8AB1C8

accent

#A6DB4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6B3B

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

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