#B55E2F#B55E2F

#B55E2F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.128 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55E2F
RGB	rgb(181, 94, 47)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 31.64, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 52.37, 52.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.0875 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.128 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5740, 18.0372, 4.9289)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55E2F #2F86B5

analogous

#B52F43 #B55E2F #B5A12F

triadic

#B55E2F #2FB55E #5E2FB5

tetradic

#B55E2F #43B52F #2F86B5 #A12FB5

square

#B55E2F #43B52F #2F86B5 #A12FB5

split-complementary

#B55E2F #2FB5A1 #2F43B5

monochromatic

#542C16 #844522 #B55E2F #D17D50 #DEA180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#B55E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#B55E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B55E2F

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B55E2F	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 94, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.128 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18d6a',
    500: '#b55e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55e2f;
$custom-light: #d18d6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.045,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57682,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55E2F

secondary

#79ACC7

accent

#ABE246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55E2F

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

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