#B55532#B55532

#B55532 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.134 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55532
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 36.51, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 52.81, 46.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1028 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.134 40)
XYZ	xyz(22.8825, 16.5539, 5.0072)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55532 #3292B5

analogous

#B53250 #B55532 #B59732

triadic

#B55532 #32B555 #5532B5

tetradic

#B55532 #50B532 #3292B5 #9732B5

square

#B55532 #50B532 #3292B5 #9732B5

split-complementary

#B55532 #32B597 #3250B5

monochromatic

#552818 #853E25 #B55532 #D07554 #DD9C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B55532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B55532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55532

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55532	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F642E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6414D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.134 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2876b',
    500: '#b55532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55532;
$custom-light: #d2876b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.031,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56281,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.16551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55532

secondary

#7CB3C7

accent

#B7E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55532

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

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