#B5502C#B5502C

#B5502C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.141 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5502C
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.64, 38.76, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.64, 55.84, 46.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.1086 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.141 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3816, 15.7458, 4.2430)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5502C #2C91B5

analogous

#B52C4D #B5502C #B5952C

triadic

#B5502C #2CB550 #502CB5

tetradic

#B5502C #4DB52C #2C91B5 #952CB5

square

#B5502C #4DB52C #2C91B5 #952CB5

split-complementary

#B5502C #2CB595 #2C4DB5

monochromatic

#532414 #843A20 #B5502C #D36F4B #DF967C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B5502C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B5502C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5502C

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5502C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5502C	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)

#6C6128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5502c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.141 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28467',
    500: '#b5502c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5502c;
$custom-light: #d28467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5502c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.766,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5546,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5502C

secondary

#75B2C8

accent

#BAE444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5502C

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

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