#B55735#B55735

#B55735 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.131 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55735
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 35.63, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 51.39, 46.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1007 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.131 40)
XYZ	xyz(23.1090, 16.9000, 5.4126)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55735 #3593B5

analogous

#B53553 #B55735 #B59735

triadic

#B55735 #35B557 #5735B5

tetradic

#B55735 #53B535 #3593B5 #9735B5

square

#B55735 #53B535 #3593B5 #9735B5

split-complementary

#B55735 #35B597 #3553B5

monochromatic

#562919 #864027 #B55735 #CE7859 #DC9F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B55735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B55735 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55735

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55735	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.131 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1886d',
    500: '#b55735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55735;
$custom-light: #d1886d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.938,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56628,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.16897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55735

secondary

#80B3C6

accent

#B7DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55735

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

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