#B8552E#B8552E

#B8552E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.139 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8552E
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 37.50, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 55.46, 47.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1048 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.139 41)
XYZ	xyz(23.5111, 16.8876, 4.6058)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8552E #2E91B8

analogous

#B82E4C #B8552E #B89A2E

triadic

#B8552E #2EB855 #552EB8

tetradic

#B8552E #4CB82E #2E91B8 #9A2EB8

square

#B8552E #4CB82E #2E91B8 #9A2EB8

split-complementary

#B8552E #2EB89A #2E4CB8

monochromatic

#562816 #873E22 #B8552E #D37550 #DF9C81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B8552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B8552E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8552E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8552E	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.139 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48769',
    500: '#b8552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8552e;
$custom-light: #d48769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.957,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56684,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.16885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8552E

secondary

#79B2C8

accent

#B6E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8552E

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

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