#B85E38#B85E38

#B85E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.128 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E38
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 33.33, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 50.35, 48.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0939 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.128 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4859, 18.4841, 6.0190)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E38 #3892B8

analogous

#B83852 #B85E38 #B89E38

triadic

#B85E38 #38B85E #5E38B8

tetradic

#B85E38 #52B838 #3892B8 #9E38B8

square

#B85E38 #52B838 #3892B8 #9E38B8

split-complementary

#B85E38 #38B89E #3852B8

monochromatic

#5A2E1B #89462A #B85E38 #CE805F #DDA58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B85E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B85E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E38

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E38	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.128 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38d70',
    500: '#b85e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e38;
$custom-light: #d38d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.813,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58214,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E38

secondary

#85B3C7

accent

#B1DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E38

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

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