#B85937#B85937

#B85937 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.132 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85937
RGB	rgb(184, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 35.89, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 51.61, 45.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1015 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.132 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0314, 17.6139, 5.7480)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85937 #3796B8

analogous

#B83756 #B85937 #B89A37

triadic

#B85937 #37B859 #5937B8

tetradic

#B85937 #56B837 #3796B8 #9A37B8

square

#B85937 #56B837 #3796B8 #9A37B8

split-complementary

#B85937 #37B89A #3756B8

monochromatic

#5A2B1B #894229 #B85937 #CF7B5D #DDA28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#B85937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#B85937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85937

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85937	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.132 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38a6f',
    500: '#b85937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85937;
$custom-light: #d38a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.814,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57406,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85937

secondary

#84B5C7

accent

#B7DD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85937

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

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