#B05523#B05523

#B05523 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.134 H 46.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05523
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 33.86, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 55.94, 52.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.0926 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.134 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4585, 15.8511, 3.5194)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05523 #237EB0

analogous

#B02337 #B05523 #B09C23

triadic

#B05523 #23B055 #5523B0

tetradic

#B05523 #37B023 #237EB0 #9C23B0

square

#B05523 #37B023 #237EB0 #9C23B0

split-complementary

#B05523 #23B09C #2337B0

monochromatic

#4A240F #7D3C19 #B05523 #D87139 #E2966C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B05523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B05523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05523

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05523	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.134 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8762',
    500: '#b05523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05523;
$custom-light: #cf8762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.277,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55385,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05523

secondary

#67A5C8

accent

#ADEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05523

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

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