#B5552E#B5552E

#B5552E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.136 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5552E
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 36.32, 40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 54.19, 47.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1015 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.136 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7999, 16.5209, 4.5725)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5552E #2E8EB5

analogous

#B52E4B #B5552E #B5982E

triadic

#B5552E #2EB555 #552EB5

tetradic

#B5552E #4BB52E #2E8EB5 #982EB5

square

#B5552E #4BB52E #2E8EB5 #982EB5

split-complementary

#B5552E #2EB598 #2E4BB5

monochromatic

#532715 #843E22 #B5552E #D2744E #DE9B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B5552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B5552E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5552E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5552E	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7414D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.136 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28769',
    500: '#b5552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5552e;
$custom-light: #d28769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56235,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5552E

secondary

#78B0C7

accent

#B5E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5552E

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

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