#BB6E38#BB6E38

#BB6E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.119 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6E38
RGB	rgb(187, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(25, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 25.95, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 49.60, 58.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.0712 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.12 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7854, 22.0050, 6.5774)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6E38 #3885BB

analogous

#BB3843 #BB6E38 #BBAF38

triadic

#BB6E38 #38BB6E #6E38BB

tetradic

#BB6E38 #43BB38 #3885BB #AF38BB

square

#BB6E38 #43BB38 #3885BB #AF38BB

split-complementary

#BB6E38 #38BBAF #3843BB

monochromatic

#5D371C #8C522A #BB6E38 #D08E61 #DEB090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BB6E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BB6E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6E38

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6E38	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)

#847732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.119 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59871',
    500: '#bb6e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6e38;
$custom-light: #d59871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.733,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61336,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6E38

secondary

#86ADC8

accent

#A1DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6E38

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

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