#B55B2A#B55B2A

#B55B2A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.132 H 46.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55B2A
RGB	rgb(181, 91, 42)
HSL	hsl(21, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 33.01, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 54.60, 52.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.0908 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.132 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2173, 17.4759, 4.3406)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55B2A #2A84B5

analogous

#B52A3E #B55B2A #B5A02A

triadic

#B55B2A #2AB55B #5B2AB5

tetradic

#B55B2A #3EB52A #2A84B5 #A02AB5

square

#B55B2A #3EB52A #2A84B5 #A02AB5

split-complementary

#B55B2A #2AB5A0 #2A3EB5

monochromatic

#522913 #83421E #B55B2A #D47948 #E09E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#B55B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#B55B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55B2A

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55B2A	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 91, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.132 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28b66',
    500: '#b55b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55b2a;
$custom-light: #d28b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.151,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57142,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55B2A

secondary

#73AAC8

accent

#ACE542

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55B2A

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

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