#B1522A#B1522A

#B1522A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.135 H 41.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1522A
RGB	rgb(177, 82, 42)
HSL	hsl(18, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 36.09, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 54.44, 48.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.1005 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.135 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5688, 15.5516, 4.0560)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1522A #2A89B1

analogous

#B12A45 #B1522A #B1952A

triadic

#B1522A #2AB152 #522AB1

tetradic

#B1522A #45B12A #2A89B1 #952AB1

square

#B1522A #45B12A #2A89B1 #952AB1

split-complementary

#B1522A #2AB195 #2A45B1

monochromatic

#4E2413 #803B1E #B1522A #D36F45 #DF9677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B1522A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B1522A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1522A

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1522A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1522A	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1522a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 82, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.135 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8566',
    500: '#b1522a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1522a;
$custom-light: #cf8566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1522a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55132,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1522A

secondary

#70ADC6

accent

#B5E543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1522A

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

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