#B05525#B05525

#B05525 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.133 H 45.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05525
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 37)
HSL	hsl(21, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 79%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 33.93, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 55.25, 52.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.0932 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.133 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4890, 15.8634, 3.6802)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05525 #2580B0

analogous

#B0253B #B05525 #B09A25

triadic

#B05525 #25B055 #5525B0

tetradic

#B05525 #3BB025 #2580B0 #9A25B0

square

#B05525 #3BB025 #2580B0 #9A25B0

split-complementary

#B05525 #25B09A #253BB0

monochromatic

#4B2410 #7D3D1A #B05525 #D6713C #E1966F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#B05525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B05525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05525

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05525	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.133 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8763',
    500: '#b05525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05525;
$custom-light: #ce8763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.719,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55403,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05525

secondary

#6AA7C7

accent

#AEE840

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05525

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

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