#B85A37#B85A37

#B85A37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.131 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85A37
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 35.37, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 51.42, 46.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.0999 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.131 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1151, 17.7814, 5.7759)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85A37 #3795B8

analogous

#B83755 #B85A37 #B89B37

triadic

#B85A37 #37B85A #5A37B8

tetradic

#B85A37 #55B837 #3795B8 #9B37B8

square

#B85A37 #55B837 #3795B8 #9B37B8

split-complementary

#B85A37 #37B89B #3755B8

monochromatic

#5A2C1B #894329 #B85A37 #CF7C5D #DDA28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B85A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#B85A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85A37

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85A37	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.131 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38a6f',
    500: '#b85a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85a37;
$custom-light: #d38a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.279,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57562,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85A37

secondary

#84B5C7

accent

#B5DD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85A37

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

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