#B1562E#B1562E

#B1562E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.130 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1562E
RGB	rgb(177, 86, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.4%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 34.20, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 52.33, 49.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% 0.0954 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.13 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9545, 16.2026, 4.5555)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1562E #2E89B1

analogous

#B12E47 #B1562E #B1972E

triadic

#B1562E #2EB156 #562EB1

tetradic

#B1562E #47B12E #2E89B1 #972EB1

square

#B1562E #47B12E #2E89B1 #972EB1

split-complementary

#B1562E #2EB197 #2E47B1

monochromatic

#502715 #803E21 #B1562E #D0744C #DD9A7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B1562E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B1562E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1562E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1562E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1562E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2434D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1562e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 86, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.130 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8769',
    500: '#b1562e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1562e;
$custom-light: #cf8769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1562e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.321,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55799,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1562E

secondary

#75ADC6

accent

#B2E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1562E

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

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