#B55835#B55835

#B55835 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.130 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55835
RGB	rgb(181, 88, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 35.11, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 51.20, 46.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.0991 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.13 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1905, 17.0631, 5.4397)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55835 #3592B5

analogous

#B53552 #B55835 #B59835

triadic

#B55835 #35B558 #5835B5

tetradic

#B55835 #52B535 #3592B5 #9835B5

square

#B55835 #52B535 #3592B5 #9835B5

split-complementary

#B55835 #35B598 #3552B5

monochromatic

#562A19 #864127 #B55835 #CE7959 #DC9F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B55835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B55835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55835

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55835	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 88, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.130 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1896e',
    500: '#b55835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55835;
$custom-light: #d1896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.406,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56785,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55835

secondary

#80B3C6

accent

#B5DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55835

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

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