#B55939#B55939

#B55939 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.128 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55939
RGB	rgb(181, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 34.81, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 49.63, 45.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.0989 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.128 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3691, 17.2667, 5.9723)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55939 #3995B5

analogous

#B53957 #B55939 #B59739

triadic

#B55939 #39B559 #5939B5

tetradic

#B55939 #57B539 #3995B5 #9739B5

square

#B55939 #57B539 #3995B5 #9739B5

split-complementary

#B55939 #39B597 #3957B5

monochromatic

#582B1C #86422A #B55939 #CD7B5F #DBA18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B55939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B55939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55939

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55939	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)

#726736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.128 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18a70',
    500: '#b55939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55939;
$custom-light: #d18a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.484,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56994,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55939

secondary

#84B5C6

accent

#B7DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55939

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

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