#B85A36#B85A36

#B85A36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.132 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85A36
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 35.32, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 51.76, 46.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.0996 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.132 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0914, 17.7719, 5.6510)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85A36 #3694B8

analogous

#B83653 #B85A36 #B89B36

triadic

#B85A36 #36B85A #5A36B8

tetradic

#B85A36 #53B836 #3694B8 #9B36B8

square

#B85A36 #53B836 #3694B8 #9B36B8

split-complementary

#B85A36 #36B89B #3653B8

monochromatic

#592C1A #894328 #B85A36 #CF7C5C #DDA28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B85A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#B85A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85A36

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85A36	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)

#746832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.132 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38a6e',
    500: '#b85a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85a36;
$custom-light: #d38a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.615,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5755,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85A36

secondary

#82B4C7

accent

#B5DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85A36

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

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