#B55837#B55837

#B55837 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.130 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55837
RGB	rgb(181, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 35.22, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 50.51, 45.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.0998 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.13 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2375, 17.0818, 5.6871)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55837 #3794B5

analogous

#B53755 #B55837 #B59737

triadic

#B55837 #37B558 #5837B5

tetradic

#B55837 #55B537 #3794B5 #9737B5

square

#B55837 #55B537 #3794B5 #9737B5

split-complementary

#B55837 #37B597 #3755B5

monochromatic

#572A1A #864129 #B55837 #CD7A5C #DCA08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B55837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B55837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55837

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55837	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.130 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1896f',
    500: '#b55837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55837;
$custom-light: #d1896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.714,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5681,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55837

secondary

#82B4C6

accent

#B7DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55837

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

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