#B15523#B15523

#B15523 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.135 H 46.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15523
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 34.26, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 56.35, 52.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.0938 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.135 46)
XYZ	xyz(21.6855, 15.9682, 3.5300)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15523 #237FB1

analogous

#B12338 #B15523 #B19C23

triadic

#B15523 #23B155 #5523B1

tetradic

#B15523 #38B123 #237FB1 #9C23B1

square

#B15523 #38B123 #237FB1 #9C23B1

split-complementary

#B15523 #23B19C #2338B1

monochromatic

#4B240F #7E3C19 #B15523 #D87139 #E2966C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B15523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B15523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15523

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15523	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F621C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.135 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8762',
    500: '#b15523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15523;
$custom-light: #cf8762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.127,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55534,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.15965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15523

secondary

#68A6C8

accent

#ADEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15523

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

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