#BB7555#BB7555

#BB7555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.100 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7555
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 85)
HSL	hsl(19, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 24.16, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 37.80, 50.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.0703 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.1 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4963, 23.9458, 11.7138)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7555 #559BBB

analogous

#BB5568 #BB7555 #BBA855

triadic

#BB7555 #55BB75 #7555BB

tetradic

#BB7555 #68BB55 #559BBB #A855BB

square

#BB7555 #68BB55 #559BBB #A855BB

split-complementary

#BB7555 #55BBA8 #5568BB

monochromatic

#6B3F2B #97593C #BB7555 #CC9881 #DEBCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BB7555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#BB7555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7555

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7555	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB696D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.100 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d85',
    500: '#bb7555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7555;
$custom-light: #d39d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.824,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63002,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7555

secondary

#A0BECC

accent

#ABD355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7555

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

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