#BB7550#BB7550

#BB7550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.102 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7550
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 80)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(21, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 23.74, 31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 39.65, 53.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0683 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.102 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3047, 23.8691, 10.7044)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7550 #5096BB

analogous

#BB5060 #BB7550 #BBAB50

triadic

#BB7550 #50BB75 #7550BB

tetradic

#BB7550 #60BB50 #5096BB #AB50BB

square

#BB7550 #60BB50 #5096BB #AB50BB

split-complementary

#BB7550 #50BBAB #5060BB

monochromatic

#683E28 #94593A #BB7550 #CC987C #DDBBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BB7550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#BB7550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7550

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7550	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB686C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.102 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d82',
    500: '#bb7550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7550;
$custom-light: #d39d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.748,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62918,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7550

secondary

#9CBBCB

accent

#A8D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7550

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

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