#B35E38#B35E38

#B35E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.122 H 43.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B35E38
RGB	rgb(179, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(19, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 31.30, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 48.24, 49.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.0881 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.122 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3089, 17.8773, 5.9638)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B35E38 #388DB3

analogous

#B3384F #B35E38 #B39B38

triadic

#B35E38 #38B35E #5E38B3

tetradic

#B35E38 #4FB338 #388DB3 #9B38B3

square

#B35E38 #4FB338 #388DB3 #9B38B3

split-complementary

#B35E38 #38B39B #384FB3

monochromatic

#562D1B #844629 #B35E38 #CC7F5C #DBA38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#B35E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#B35E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B35E38

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B35E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B35E38	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b35e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.122 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8d70',
    500: '#b35e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b35e38;
$custom-light: #cf8d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b35e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.537,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57506,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B35E38

secondary

#82B0C5

accent

#AFDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B35E38

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

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