#B15525#B15525

#B15525 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.134 H 45.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15525
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 37)
HSL	hsl(21, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 34.34, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 55.66, 51.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.0943 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.134 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7160, 15.9804, 3.6909)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15525 #2581B1

analogous

#B1253B #B15525 #B19B25

triadic

#B15525 #25B155 #5525B1

tetradic

#B15525 #3BB125 #2581B1 #9B25B1

square

#B15525 #3BB125 #2581B1 #9B25B1

split-complementary

#B15525 #25B19B #253BB1

monochromatic

#4C2410 #7E3D1A #B15525 #D6713D #E1966F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B15525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B15525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15525

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15525	1.00	5.01	4.20	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F631F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.134 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8763',
    500: '#b15525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15525;
$custom-light: #cf8763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.571,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55551,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15525

secondary

#6AA8C8

accent

#AEE83F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15525

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

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