#B14521#B14521

#B14521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.149 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14521
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 33)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(15, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 81.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 42.17, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 60.02, 45.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% 0.1175 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.149 38)
XYZ	xyz(20.5363, 13.7160, 3.0046)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14521 #218DB1

analogous

#B12145 #B14521 #B18D21

triadic

#B14521 #21B145 #4521B1

tetradic

#B14521 #45B121 #218DB1 #8D21B1

square

#B14521 #45B121 #218DB1 #8D21B1

split-complementary

#B14521 #21B18D #2145B1

monochromatic

#4A1D0E #7D3117 #B14521 #D95F36 #E38869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B14521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B14521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14521

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14521	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64581C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.149 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07d5f',
    500: '#b14521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14521;
$custom-light: #d07d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53166,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.13713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14521

secondary

#65B0C9

accent

#C0EB3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14521

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

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