#B15B38#B15B38

#B15B38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.122 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15B38
RGB	rgb(177, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 32.09, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 47.90, 47.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.0907 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.122 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5883, 17.1174, 5.8551)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15B38 #388EB1

analogous

#B13852 #B15B38 #B19738

triadic

#B15B38 #38B15B #5B38B1

tetradic

#B15B38 #52B138 #388EB1 #9738B1

square

#B15B38 #52B138 #388EB1 #9738B1

split-complementary

#B15B38 #38B197 #3852B1

monochromatic

#542B1B #834329 #B15B38 #CB7B5B #DAA18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B15B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B15B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15B38

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15B38	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.122 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8b70',
    500: '#b15b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15b38;
$custom-light: #ce8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.355,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56728,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15B38

secondary

#81B1C4

accent

#B2DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15B38

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

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