#B1522E#B1522E

#B1522E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.134 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1522E
RGB	rgb(177, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 36.27, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 53.06, 46.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.1018 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.134 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6440, 15.5817, 4.4520)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1522E #2E8DB1

analogous

#B12E4B #B1522E #B1932E

triadic

#B1522E #2EB152 #522EB1

tetradic

#B1522E #4BB12E #2E8DB1 #932EB1

square

#B1522E #4BB12E #2E8DB1 #932EB1

split-complementary

#B1522E #2EB193 #2E4BB1

monochromatic

#502515 #803B21 #B1522E #D0704C #DD977C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#B1522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B1522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1522E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1522E	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C612A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.134 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8568',
    500: '#b1522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1522e;
$custom-light: #cf8568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.489,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55175,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1522E

secondary

#75AFC6

accent

#B7E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1522E

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

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