#B65E38#B65E38

#B65E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.125 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B65E38
RGB	rgb(182, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 32.52, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 49.51, 48.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.0916 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.125 43)
XYZ	xyz(24.0100, 18.2388, 5.9966)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B65E38 #3890B6

analogous

#B63851 #B65E38 #B69D38

triadic

#B65E38 #38B65E #5E38B6

tetradic

#B65E38 #51B638 #3890B6 #9D38B6

square

#B65E38 #51B638 #3890B6 #9D38B6

split-complementary

#B65E38 #38B69D #3851B6

monochromatic

#582E1B #87462A #B65E38 #CD7F5E #DCA48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B65E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B65E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B65E38

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B65E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B65E38	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C74D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b65e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.125 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28d70',
    500: '#b65e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b65e38;
$custom-light: #d28d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b65e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.095,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57929,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.18236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B65E38

secondary

#84B2C6

accent

#B1DC4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B65E38

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

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