#BB6E37#BB6E37

#BB6E37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.120 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6E37
RGB	rgb(187, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(25, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 25.89, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 49.99, 58.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.0709 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.12 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7612, 21.9953, 6.4499)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6E37 #3784BB

analogous

#BB3742 #BB6E37 #BBB037

triadic

#BB6E37 #37BB6E #6E37BB

tetradic

#BB6E37 #42BB37 #3784BB #B037BB

square

#BB6E37 #42BB37 #3784BB #B037BB

split-complementary

#BB6E37 #37BBB0 #3742BB

monochromatic

#5C361B #8C5229 #BB6E37 #D08E5F #DEB08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BB6E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BB6E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6E37

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6E37	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.120 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59870',
    500: '#bb6e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6e37;
$custom-light: #d59870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61325,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6E37

secondary

#85ADC9

accent

#A0DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6E37

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

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