#B35A38#B35A38

#B35A38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.125 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35A38
RGB	rgb(179, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 33.43, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 48.93, 46.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.0947 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.125 41)
XYZ	xyz(22.9624, 17.1843, 5.8483)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35A38 #3891B3

analogous

#B33854 #B35A38 #B39738

triadic

#B35A38 #38B35A #5A38B3

tetradic

#B35A38 #54B338 #3891B3 #9738B3

square

#B35A38 #54B338 #3891B3 #9738B3

split-complementary

#B35A38 #38B397 #3854B3

monochromatic

#562B1B #844329 #B35A38 #CC7B5C #DBA18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B35A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B35A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35A38

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35A38	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.125 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8a70',
    500: '#b35a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35a38;
$custom-light: #cf8a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.585,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56852,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.17182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35A38

secondary

#82B2C5

accent

#B4DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35A38

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

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