#B55938#B55938

#B55938 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.128 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55938
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 34.75, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 49.98, 45.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.0985 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.128 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3444, 17.2568, 5.8422)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55938 #3894B5

analogous

#B53856 #B55938 #B59838

triadic

#B55938 #38B559 #5938B5

tetradic

#B55938 #56B538 #3894B5 #9838B5

square

#B55938 #56B538 #3894B5 #9838B5

split-complementary

#B55938 #38B598 #3856B5

monochromatic

#582B1B #86422A #B55938 #CD7B5D #DBA18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B55938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B55938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55938

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55938	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)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.128 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18a70',
    500: '#b55938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55938;
$custom-light: #d18a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.84,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56981,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55938

secondary

#83B4C6

accent

#B6DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55938

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

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