#B35838#B35838

#B35838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.127 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35838
RGB	rgb(179, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 34.48, 35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 49.31, 45.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.0979 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.127 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7960, 16.8514, 5.7928)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35838 #3893B3

analogous

#B33855 #B35838 #B39538

triadic

#B35838 #38B358 #5838B3

tetradic

#B35838 #55B338 #3893B3 #9538B3

square

#B35838 #55B338 #3893B3 #9538B3

split-complementary

#B35838 #38B395 #3855B3

monochromatic

#562A1B #844129 #B35838 #CC795C #DBA08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B35838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B35838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35838

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35838	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.127 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08970',
    500: '#b35838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35838;
$custom-light: #d08970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.61,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56532,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35838

secondary

#82B3C5

accent

#B6DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35838

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

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