#B35C38#B35C38

#B35C38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.124 H 42.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35C38
RGB	rgb(179, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 32.37, 36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 48.57, 48.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.0914 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.124 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1334, 17.5262, 5.9053)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35C38 #388FB3

analogous

#B33851 #B35C38 #B39938

triadic

#B35C38 #38B35C #5C38B3

tetradic

#B35C38 #51B338 #388FB3 #9938B3

square

#B35C38 #51B338 #388FB3 #9938B3

split-complementary

#B35C38 #38B399 #3851B3

monochromatic

#562C1B #844429 #B35C38 #CC7D5C #DBA28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#B35C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#B35C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35C38

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35C38	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.124 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8c70',
    500: '#b35c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35c38;
$custom-light: #cf8c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.561,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57176,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35C38

secondary

#82B1C5

accent

#B2DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35C38

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

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