#B85B35#B85B35

#B85B35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.131 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85B35
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 34.74, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 51.93, 48.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0977 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.131 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1531, 17.9325, 5.5569)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85B35 #3592B8

analogous

#B83550 #B85B35 #B89D35

triadic

#B85B35 #35B85B #5B35B8

tetradic

#B85B35 #50B835 #3592B8 #9D35B8

square

#B85B35 #50B835 #3592B8 #9D35B8

split-complementary

#B85B35 #35B89D #3550B8

monochromatic

#592C1A #884427 #B85B35 #D07D5B #DDA28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B85B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#B85B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85B35

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85B35	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.131 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b6e',
    500: '#b85b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85b35;
$custom-light: #d38b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.405,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57695,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85B35

secondary

#81B3C7

accent

#B3DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85B35

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →