#B85E35#B85E35

#B85E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.129 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E35
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(19, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 33.17, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 51.42, 49.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.0928 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.129 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4147, 18.4557, 5.6441)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E35 #358FB8

analogous

#B8354E #B85E35 #B8A035

triadic

#B85E35 #35B85E #5E35B8

tetradic

#B85E35 #4EB835 #358FB8 #A035B8

square

#B85E35 #4EB835 #358FB8 #A035B8

split-complementary

#B85E35 #35B8A0 #354EB8

monochromatic

#592D1A #884627 #B85E35 #D07F5B #DDA48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B85E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B85E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E35

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E35	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.129 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38d6e',
    500: '#b85e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e35;
$custom-light: #d38d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.779,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58177,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E35

secondary

#81B2C7

accent

#B0DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E35

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

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