#B0522B#B0522B

#B0522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.134 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0522B
RGB	rgb(176, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 75.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.23, 35.74, 40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.23, 53.67, 48.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% 0.0997 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.134 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3599, 15.4418, 4.1408)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0522B #2B89B0

analogous

#B02B46 #B0522B #B0942B

triadic

#B0522B #2BB052 #522BB0

tetradic

#B0522B #46B02B #2B89B0 #942BB0

square

#B0522B #46B02B #2B89B0 #942BB0

split-complementary

#B0522B #2BB094 #2B46B0

monochromatic

#4E2413 #7F3B1F #B0522B #D26F46 #DE9678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B0522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B0522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0522B

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0522B	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.134 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8566',
    500: '#b0522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0522b;
$custom-light: #ce8566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.594,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54992,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0522B

secondary

#71ADC6

accent

#B5E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0522B

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

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