#B15F40#B15F40

#B15F40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.116 H 41.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15F40
RGB	rgb(177, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, 30.45, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 44.37, 46.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.0871 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.116 41)
XYZ	xyz(23.1510, 17.9042, 7.0862)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15F40 #4092B1

analogous

#B1405A #B15F40 #B19840

triadic

#B15F40 #40B15F #5F40B1

tetradic

#B15F40 #5AB140 #4092B1 #9840B1

square

#B15F40 #5AB140 #4092B1 #9840B1

split-complementary

#B15F40 #40B198 #405AB1

monochromatic

#572F1F #844730 #B15F40 #C88166 #D8A693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B15F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#B15F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B15F40

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B15F40	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.116 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8d75',
    500: '#b15f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15f40;
$custom-light: #cd8d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.46,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57505,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.17902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15F40

secondary

#89B4C3

accent

#B2D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15F40

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

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