#B15938#B15938

#B15938 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.124 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15938
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 33.15, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 48.26, 46.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.094 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.124 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4196, 16.7800, 5.7988)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15938 #3890B1

analogous

#B13853 #B15938 #B19538

triadic

#B15938 #38B159 #5938B1

tetradic

#B15938 #53B138 #3890B1 #9538B1

square

#B15938 #53B138 #3890B1 #9538B1

split-complementary

#B15938 #38B195 #3853B1

monochromatic

#542A1B #834229 #B15938 #CB7A5B #DA9F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B15938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B15938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15938

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15938	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.124 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8970',
    500: '#b15938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15938;
$custom-light: #ce8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56402,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15938

secondary

#81B2C4

accent

#B4DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15938

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

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