#B8502D#B8502D

#B8502D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.144 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8502D
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 39.96, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 56.78, 45.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1122 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.144 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1118, 16.1202, 4.3766)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8502D #2D95B8

analogous

#B82D4F #B8502D #B8962D

triadic

#B8502D #2DB850 #502DB8

tetradic

#B8502D #4FB82D #2D95B8 #962DB8

square

#B8502D #4FB82D #2D95B8 #962DB8

split-complementary

#B8502D #2DB896 #2D4FB8

monochromatic

#562515 #873B21 #B8502D #D4704E #E09880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B8502D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B8502D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8502D

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8502D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8502D	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8502d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.144 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48468',
    500: '#b8502d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8502d;
$custom-light: #d48468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8502d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.108,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55931,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8502D

secondary

#78B4C9

accent

#BCE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8502D

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

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