#B5502A#B5502A

#B5502A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.141 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5502A
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 38.68, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 56.51, 46.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.108 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.141 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3449, 15.7312, 4.0498)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5502A #2A8FB5

analogous

#B52A49 #B5502A #B5952A

triadic

#B5502A #2AB550 #502AB5

tetradic

#B5502A #49B52A #2A8FB5 #952AB5

square

#B5502A #49B52A #2A8FB5 #952AB5

split-complementary

#B5502A #2AB595 #2A49B5

monochromatic

#522413 #833A1E #B5502A #D46E48 #E09579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#B5502A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B5502A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5502A

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5502A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5502A	1.00	5.07	4.15	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5502a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.141 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28466',
    500: '#b5502a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5502a;
$custom-light: #d28466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5502a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.403,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55439,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5502A

secondary

#73B1C8

accent

#B9E542

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5502A

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

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