#B85E36#B85E36

#B85E36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.128 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E36
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 33.22, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 51.06, 49.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.0932 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.128 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4379, 18.4650, 5.7665)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E36 #3690B8

analogous

#B8364F #B85E36 #B89F36

triadic

#B85E36 #36B85E #5E36B8

tetradic

#B85E36 #4FB836 #3690B8 #9F36B8

square

#B85E36 #4FB836 #3690B8 #9F36B8

split-complementary

#B85E36 #36B89F #364FB8

monochromatic

#592E1A #894628 #B85E36 #CF7F5C #DDA48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B85E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B85E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E36

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E36	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)

#776B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.128 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38d6f',
    500: '#b85e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e36;
$custom-light: #d38d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58189,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E36

secondary

#82B2C7

accent

#B0DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E36

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

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