#B1542C#B1542C

#B1542C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.133 H 42.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1542C
RGB	rgb(177, 84, 44)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 35.15, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 53.38, 48.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.098 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.133 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7585, 15.8723, 4.3003)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1542C #2C89B1

analogous

#B12C46 #B1542C #B1962C

triadic

#B1542C #2CB154 #542CB1

tetradic

#B1542C #46B12C #2C89B1 #962CB1

square

#B1542C #46B12C #2C89B1 #962CB1

split-complementary

#B1542C #2CB196 #2C46B1

monochromatic

#4F2514 #803D20 #B1542C #D27249 #DE987A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#B1542C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#B1542C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1542C

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1542C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1542C	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.133 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8667',
    500: '#b1542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1542c;
$custom-light: #cf8667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.045,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55463,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1542C

secondary

#73ADC6

accent

#B4E344

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1542C

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

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