#B85A35#B85A35

#B85A35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.132 H 41.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85A35
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 35.26, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 52.11, 47.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.0993 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.132 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0682, 17.7626, 5.5286)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85A35 #3593B8

analogous

#B83551 #B85A35 #B89C35

triadic

#B85A35 #35B85A #5A35B8

tetradic

#B85A35 #51B835 #3593B8 #9C35B8

square

#B85A35 #51B835 #3593B8 #9C35B8

split-complementary

#B85A35 #35B89C #3551B8

monochromatic

#592C1A #884327 #B85A35 #D07C5B #DDA28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B85A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#B85A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85A35

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85A35	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.132 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48a6e',
    500: '#b85a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85a35;
$custom-light: #d48a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.947,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57537,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85A35

secondary

#81B4C7

accent

#B4DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85A35

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

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