#B85F40#B85F40

#B85F40 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.124 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85F40
RGB	rgb(184, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 33.28, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 47.38, 45.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.0951 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.124 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7869, 18.7477, 7.1628)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85F40 #4099B8

analogous

#B8405D #B85F40 #B89B40

triadic

#B85F40 #40B85F #5F40B8

tetradic

#B85F40 #5DB840 #4099B8 #9B40B8

square

#B85F40 #5DB840 #4099B8 #9B40B8

split-complementary

#B85F40 #40B89B #405DB8

monochromatic

#5D3020 #8B4830 #B85F40 #CB836A #DBA997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B85F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B85F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85F40

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85F40	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.124 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e75',
    500: '#b85f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85f40;
$custom-light: #d38e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58485,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85F40

secondary

#8DB8C7

accent

#B5D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85F40

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

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