#B85E37#B85E37

#B85E37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.128 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E37
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 33.27, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 50.71, 48.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.0935 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.128 43)
XYZ	xyz(24.4617, 18.4745, 5.8914)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E37 #3791B8

analogous

#B83750 #B85E37 #B89F37

triadic

#B85E37 #37B85E #5E37B8

tetradic

#B85E37 #50B837 #3791B8 #9F37B8

square

#B85E37 #50B837 #3791B8 #9F37B8

split-complementary

#B85E37 #37B89F #3750B8

monochromatic

#5A2E1B #894629 #B85E37 #CF805D #DDA58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B85E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B85E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E37

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E37	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#776B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.128 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38d6f',
    500: '#b85e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e37;
$custom-light: #d38d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.14,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58201,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.18472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E37

secondary

#84B3C7

accent

#B1DD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E37

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

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