#B55D2F#B55D2F

#B55D2F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.129 H 46.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55D2F
RGB	rgb(181, 93, 47)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 32.18, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 52.51, 52.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.0891 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.129 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4857, 17.8605, 4.8994)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55D2F #2F87B5

analogous

#B52F44 #B55D2F #B5A02F

triadic

#B55D2F #2FB55D #5D2FB5

tetradic

#B55D2F #44B52F #2F87B5 #A02FB5

square

#B55D2F #44B52F #2F87B5 #A02FB5

split-complementary

#B55D2F #2FB5A0 #2F44B5

monochromatic

#542B16 #844422 #B55D2F #D17C50 #DEA180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#B55D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B55D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55D2F

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55D2F	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76692A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 93, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.129 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18c6a',
    500: '#b55d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55d2f;
$custom-light: #d18c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.597,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57518,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55D2F

secondary

#79ACC7

accent

#ACE246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55D2F

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