#B85F38#B85F38

#B85F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.127 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85F38
RGB	rgb(184, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 32.80, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 50.18, 49.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.0923 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.127 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5754, 18.6631, 6.0488)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85F38 #3891B8

analogous

#B83851 #B85F38 #B89F38

triadic

#B85F38 #38B85F #5F38B8

tetradic

#B85F38 #51B838 #3891B8 #9F38B8

square

#B85F38 #51B838 #3891B8 #9F38B8

split-complementary

#B85F38 #38B89F #3851B8

monochromatic

#5A2F1B #89472A #B85F38 #CE815F #DDA68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#B85F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#B85F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85F38

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85F38	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.127 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e70',
    500: '#b85f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85f38;
$custom-light: #d38e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.281,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58376,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85F38

secondary

#85B3C7

accent

#B0DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85F38

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

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