#BB6E50#BB6E50

#BB6E50 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.107 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6E50
RGB	rgb(187, 110, 80)
HSL	hsl(17, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 27.58, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 40.55, 47.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.08 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.107 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5193, 22.2985, 10.4426)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6E50 #509DBB

analogous

#BB5068 #BB6E50 #BBA350

triadic

#BB6E50 #50BB6E #6E50BB

tetradic

#BB6E50 #68BB50 #509DBB #A350BB

square

#BB6E50 #68BB50 #509DBB #A350BB

split-complementary

#BB6E50 #50BBA3 #5068BB

monochromatic

#683A28 #94533A #BB6E50 #CC937C #DDB7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BB6E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BB6E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6E50

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6E50	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82784D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95884F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 110, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.107 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39881',
    500: '#bb6e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6e50;
$custom-light: #d39881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.822,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61674,
    "c": 0.10731,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6E50

secondary

#9CBECB

accent

#B0D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6E50

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

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