#B85D36#B85D36

#B85D36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.129 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85D36
RGB	rgb(184, 93, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 33.75, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 51.23, 48.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.0948 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.129 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3496, 18.2883, 5.7370)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85D36 #3691B8

analogous

#B83650 #B85D36 #B89E36

triadic

#B85D36 #36B85D #5D36B8

tetradic

#B85D36 #50B836 #3691B8 #9E36B8

square

#B85D36 #50B836 #3691B8 #9E36B8

split-complementary

#B85D36 #36B89E #3650B8

monochromatic

#592D1A #894528 #B85D36 #CF7F5C #DDA48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#B85D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B85D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85D36

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85D36	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 93, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.129 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38c6f',
    500: '#b85d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85d36;
$custom-light: #d38c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58027,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85D36

secondary

#82B3C7

accent

#B2DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85D36

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

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