#B1522C#B1522C

#B1522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.134 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1522C
RGB	rgb(177, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 36.18, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 53.75, 47.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.1011 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.134 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6055, 15.5663, 4.2492)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1522C #2C8BB1

analogous

#B12C48 #B1522C #B1942C

triadic

#B1522C #2CB152 #522CB1

tetradic

#B1522C #48B12C #2C8BB1 #942CB1

square

#B1522C #48B12C #2C8BB1 #942CB1

split-complementary

#B1522C #2CB194 #2C48B1

monochromatic

#4F2514 #803B20 #B1522C #D27049 #DE967A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B1522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B1522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1522C

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1522C	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)

#6C6127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.134 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8567',
    500: '#b1522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1522c;
$custom-light: #cf8567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55153,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1522C

secondary

#73AEC6

accent

#B6E344

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1522C

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

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