#BB6F36#BB6F36

#BB6F36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.120 H 54.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6F36
RGB	rgb(187, 111, 54)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(26, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 25.29, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 50.32, 59.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.069 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.12 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8460, 22.2028, 6.3611)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6F36 #3682BB

analogous

#BB3640 #BB6F36 #BBB236

triadic

#BB6F36 #36BB6F #6F36BB

tetradic

#BB6F36 #40BB36 #3682BB #B236BB

square

#BB6F36 #40BB36 #3682BB #B236BB

split-complementary

#BB6F36 #36BBB2 #3640BB

monochromatic

#5C371B #8C5328 #BB6F36 #D08F5E #DEB08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BB6F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BB6F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6F36

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6F36	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 111, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.120 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59970',
    500: '#bb6f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6f36;
$custom-light: #d59970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61491,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6F36

secondary

#84ABC9

accent

#9FDF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6F36

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

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