#B55936#B55936

#B55936 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.129 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55936
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 34.64, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 50.67, 46.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.0978 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.129 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2964, 17.2377, 5.5897)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55936 #3692B5

analogous

#B53652 #B55936 #B59836

triadic

#B55936 #36B559 #5936B5

tetradic

#B55936 #52B536 #3692B5 #9836B5

square

#B55936 #52B536 #3692B5 #9836B5

split-complementary

#B55936 #36B598 #3652B5

monochromatic

#572B1A #864228 #B55936 #CE7A5A #DCA089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B55936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B55936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55936

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55936	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.129 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18a6e',
    500: '#b55936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55936;
$custom-light: #d18a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.535,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56955,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55936

secondary

#81B3C6

accent

#B5DD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55936

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

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