#B55535#B55535

#B55535 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.133 H 38.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55535
RGB	rgb(181, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 36.66, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 51.79, 44.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1038 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.133 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9493, 16.5806, 5.3593)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55535 #3595B5

analogous

#B53555 #B55535 #B59535

triadic

#B55535 #35B555 #5535B5

tetradic

#B55535 #55B535 #3595B5 #9535B5

square

#B55535 #55B535 #3595B5 #9535B5

split-complementary

#B55535 #35B595 #3555B5

monochromatic

#562919 #863F27 #B55535 #CE7659 #DC9D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B55535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B55535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55535

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55535	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.133 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1876d',
    500: '#b55535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55535;
$custom-light: #d1876d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56318,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55535

secondary

#80B5C6

accent

#B9DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55535

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

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