#B15838#B15838

#B15838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.125 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15838
RGB	rgb(177, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 33.68, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 48.45, 45.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.0956 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.125 40)
XYZ	xyz(22.3370, 16.6147, 5.7713)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15838 #3891B1

analogous

#B13854 #B15838 #B19438

triadic

#B15838 #38B158 #5838B1

tetradic

#B15838 #54B138 #3891B1 #9438B1

square

#B15838 #54B138 #3891B1 #9438B1

split-complementary

#B15838 #38B194 #3854B1

monochromatic

#542A1B #834129 #B15838 #CB795B #DA9F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B15838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B15838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15838

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15838	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.125 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8970',
    500: '#b15838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15838;
$custom-light: #ce8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.868,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56241,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.16612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15838

secondary

#81B2C4

accent

#B6DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15838

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

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