#B55C2E#B55C2E

#B55C2E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.130 H 45.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55C2E
RGB	rgb(181, 92, 46)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 32.66, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 53.02, 51.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.0904 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.13 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3785, 17.6781, 4.7653)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55C2E #2E87B5

analogous

#B52E44 #B55C2E #B59F2E

triadic

#B55C2E #2EB55C #5C2EB5

tetradic

#B55C2E #44B52E #2E87B5 #9F2EB5

square

#B55C2E #44B52E #2E87B5 #9F2EB5

split-complementary

#B55C2E #2EB59F #2E44B5

monochromatic

#532A15 #844322 #B55C2E #D27B4E #DE9F7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#B55C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#B55C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55C2E

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55C2E	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 92, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.130 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18b69',
    500: '#b55c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55c2e;
$custom-light: #d18b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.444,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57344,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55C2E

secondary

#78ACC7

accent

#ADE345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55C2E

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

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