#B55636#B55636

#B55636 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.132 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55636
RGB	rgb(181, 86, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 36.20, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 51.25, 45.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1026 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.132 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0519, 16.7485, 5.5082)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55636 #3695B5

analogous

#B53655 #B55636 #B59536

triadic

#B55636 #36B556 #5636B5

tetradic

#B55636 #55B536 #3695B5 #9536B5

square

#B55636 #55B536 #3695B5 #9536B5

split-complementary

#B55636 #36B595 #3655B5

monochromatic

#57291A #864028 #B55636 #CE775A #DC9E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B55636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B55636 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55636

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55636	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 86, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.132 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1886e',
    500: '#b55636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55636;
$custom-light: #d1886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.118,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56485,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55636

secondary

#81B5C6

accent

#B8DD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55636

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

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