#B55736#B55736

#B55736 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.131 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55736
RGB	rgb(181, 87, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 35.68, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 51.05, 45.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.101 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.131 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1323, 16.9093, 5.5350)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55736 #3694B5

analogous

#B53654 #B55736 #B59636

triadic

#B55736 #36B557 #5736B5

tetradic

#B55736 #54B536 #3694B5 #9636B5

square

#B55736 #54B536 #3694B5 #9636B5

split-complementary

#B55736 #36B596 #3654B5

monochromatic

#572A1A #864028 #B55736 #CE785A #DC9F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B55736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B55736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55736

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55736	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 87, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.131 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1886e',
    500: '#b55736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55736;
$custom-light: #d1886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.591,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56641,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55736

secondary

#81B4C6

accent

#B7DD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55736

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →