#B85E40#B85E40

#B85E40 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.124 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E40
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 33.81, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 47.58, 44.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.0967 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.124 39)
XYZ	xyz(24.6974, 18.5688, 7.1330)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E40 #409AB8

analogous

#B8405E #B85E40 #B89A40

triadic

#B85E40 #40B85E #5E40B8

tetradic

#B85E40 #5EB840 #409AB8 #9A40B8

square

#B85E40 #5EB840 #409AB8 #9A40B8

split-complementary

#B85E40 #40B89A #405EB8

monochromatic

#5D3020 #8B4730 #B85E40 #CB826A #DBA897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B85E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B85E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E40

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E40	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.124 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38d75',
    500: '#b85e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e40;
$custom-light: #d38d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58323,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.18566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E40

secondary

#8DB8C7

accent

#B6D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E40

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

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