#B85A38#B85A38

#B85A38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.131 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85A38
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 35.43, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 51.07, 46.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.1003 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.131 40)
XYZ	xyz(24.1394, 17.7911, 5.9034)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85A38 #3896B8

analogous

#B83856 #B85A38 #B89A38

triadic

#B85A38 #38B85A #5A38B8

tetradic

#B85A38 #56B838 #3896B8 #9A38B8

square

#B85A38 #56B838 #3896B8 #9A38B8

split-complementary

#B85A38 #38B89A #3856B8

monochromatic

#5A2C1B #89432A #B85A38 #CE7D5F #DDA38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B85A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#B85A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85A38

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85A38	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)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.131 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38a70',
    500: '#b85a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85a38;
$custom-light: #d38a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.938,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57575,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.17788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85A38

secondary

#85B5C7

accent

#B6DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85A38

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

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