#B55839#B55839

#B55839 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.129 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55839
RGB	rgb(181, 88, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 35.33, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 49.83, 44.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1005 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.129 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2864, 17.1014, 5.9447)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55839 #3996B5

analogous

#B53958 #B55839 #B59639

triadic

#B55839 #39B558 #5839B5

tetradic

#B55839 #58B539 #3996B5 #9639B5

square

#B55839 #58B539 #3996B5 #9639B5

split-complementary

#B55839 #39B596 #3958B5

monochromatic

#582B1C #86412A #B55839 #CD7A5F #DBA18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B55839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B55839 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55839

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55839	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 88, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.129 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18970',
    500: '#b55839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55839;
$custom-light: #d18970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56837,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55839

secondary

#84B5C6

accent

#B8DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55839

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

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