#B5502B#B5502B

#B5502B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.141 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5502B
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 38.72, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 56.18, 46.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.1083 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.141 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3630, 15.7384, 4.1452)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5502B #2B90B5

analogous

#B52B4B #B5502B #B5952B

triadic

#B5502B #2BB550 #502BB5

tetradic

#B5502B #4BB52B #2B90B5 #952BB5

square

#B5502B #4BB52B #2B90B5 #952BB5

split-complementary

#B5502B #2BB595 #2B4BB5

monochromatic

#522414 #843A1F #B5502B #D46E49 #E0967B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B5502B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B5502B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5502B

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5502B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5502B	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5502b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.141 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28466',
    500: '#b5502b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5502b;
$custom-light: #d28466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5502b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.087,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55449,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5502B

secondary

#74B1C8

accent

#B9E543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5502B

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

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