#B55932#B55932

#B55932 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.131 H 42.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55932
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 50)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 34.43, 39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 52.07, 48.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.0965 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.131 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2063, 17.2016, 5.1152)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55932 #328EB5

analogous

#B5324C #B55932 #B59B32

triadic

#B55932 #32B559 #5932B5

tetradic

#B55932 #4CB532 #328EB5 #9B32B5

square

#B55932 #4CB532 #328EB5 #9B32B5

split-complementary

#B55932 #32B59B #324CB5

monochromatic

#552A18 #854125 #B55932 #D07954 #DD9F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B55932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B55932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55932

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55932	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72672E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.131 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18a6c',
    500: '#b55932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55932;
$custom-light: #d18a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.863,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56906,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55932

secondary

#7CB0C7

accent

#B3E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55932

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →