#B85B38#B85B38

#B85B38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.130 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85B38
RGB	rgb(184, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 34.90, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 50.88, 46.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.0987 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.13 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2243, 17.9609, 5.9318)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85B38 #3895B8

analogous

#B83855 #B85B38 #B89B38

triadic

#B85B38 #38B85B #5B38B8

tetradic

#B85B38 #55B838 #3895B8 #9B38B8

square

#B85B38 #55B838 #3895B8 #9B38B8

split-complementary

#B85B38 #38B89B #3855B8

monochromatic

#5A2D1B #89442A #B85B38 #CE7D5F #DDA38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#B85B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#B85B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85B38

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85B38	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	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)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.130 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b70',
    500: '#b85b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85b38;
$custom-light: #d38b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.406,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57733,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85B38

secondary

#85B5C7

accent

#B5DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85B38

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

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