#B05C38#B05C38

#B05C38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.120 H 43.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05C38
RGB	rgb(176, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 31.15, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 47.30, 48.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.088 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.12 43)
XYZ	xyz(22.4474, 17.1725, 5.8731)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05C38 #388CB0

analogous

#B03850 #B05C38 #B09838

triadic

#B05C38 #38B05C #5C38B0

tetradic

#B05C38 #50B038 #388CB0 #9838B0

square

#B05C38 #50B038 #388CB0 #9838B0

split-complementary

#B05C38 #38B098 #3850B0

monochromatic

#532B1A #824429 #B05C38 #CB7C5B #D9A189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B05C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B05C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05C38

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05C38	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.120 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8b70',
    500: '#b05c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05c38;
$custom-light: #cd8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5675,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.1717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05C38

secondary

#80AFC4

accent

#B0DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05C38

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

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