#B55E30#B55E30

#B55E30 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.127 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55E30
RGB	rgb(181, 94, 48)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 31.69, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 52.00, 52.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0878 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.127 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5944, 18.0453, 5.0363)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55E30 #3087B5

analogous

#B53044 #B55E30 #B5A130

triadic

#B55E30 #30B55E #5E30B5

tetradic

#B55E30 #44B530 #3087B5 #A130B5

square

#B55E30 #44B530 #3087B5 #A130B5

split-complementary

#B55E30 #30B5A1 #3044B5

monochromatic

#542C16 #854523 #B55E30 #D17D51 #DEA282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#B55E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#B55E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B55E30

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B55E30	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)

#766A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 94, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.127 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18d6b',
    500: '#b55e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55e30;
$custom-light: #d18d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.752,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57693,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55E30

secondary

#7AACC7

accent

#ACE146

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55E30

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

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