#B15527#B15527

#B15527 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.134 H 44.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15527
RGB	rgb(177, 85, 39)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 34.42, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 54.96, 51.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.0949 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.134 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7483, 15.9933, 3.8608)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15527 #2783B1

analogous

#B1273E #B15527 #B19A27

triadic

#B15527 #27B155 #5527B1

tetradic

#B15527 #3EB127 #2783B1 #9A27B1

square

#B15527 #3EB127 #2783B1 #9A27B1

split-complementary

#B15527 #27B19A #273EB1

monochromatic

#4D2511 #7F3D1C #B15527 #D57240 #E09772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B15527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B15527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15527

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15527	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 85, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.134 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8764',
    500: '#b15527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15527;
$custom-light: #cf8764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55569,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15527

secondary

#6DA9C7

accent

#B0E741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15527

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

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