#B85C35#B85C35

#B85C35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.130 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85C35
RGB	rgb(184, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 34.22, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 51.76, 48.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.0961 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.13 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2391, 18.1046, 5.5856)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85C35 #3591B8

analogous

#B83550 #B85C35 #B89E35

triadic

#B85C35 #35B85C #5C35B8

tetradic

#B85C35 #50B835 #3591B8 #9E35B8

square

#B85C35 #50B835 #3591B8 #9E35B8

split-complementary

#B85C35 #35B89E #3550B8

monochromatic

#592C1A #884427 #B85C35 #D07D5B #DDA38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#B85C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#B85C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85C35

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85C35	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.130 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38c6e',
    500: '#b85c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85c35;
$custom-light: #d38c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.863,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57855,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85C35

secondary

#81B3C7

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85C35

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

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