#B15524#B15524

#B15524 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.135 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15524
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 36)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 34.30, 44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 56.00, 52.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.094 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.135 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7006, 15.9742, 3.6093)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15524 #2480B1

analogous

#B1243A #B15524 #B19C24

triadic

#B15524 #24B155 #5524B1

tetradic

#B15524 #3AB124 #2480B1 #9C24B1

square

#B15524 #3AB124 #2480B1 #9C24B1

split-complementary

#B15524 #24B19C #243AB1

monochromatic

#4B240F #7E3D1A #B15524 #D7713B #E1966E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B15524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B15524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15524

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15524	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)

#6F631D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.135 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8762',
    500: '#b15524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15524;
$custom-light: #cf8762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.851,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55542,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15524

secondary

#69A7C8

accent

#AEE93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15524

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

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