#B25223#B25223

#B25223 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.138 H 44.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25223
RGB	rgb(178, 82, 35)
HSL	hsl(20, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(20, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 36.22, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 57.26, 50.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.0996 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.138 44)
XYZ	xyz(21.6830, 15.6237, 3.4637)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25223 #2383B2

analogous

#B2233C #B25223 #B29A23

triadic

#B25223 #23B252 #5223B2

tetradic

#B25223 #3CB223 #2383B2 #9A23B2

square

#B25223 #3CB223 #2383B2 #9A23B2

split-complementary

#B25223 #23B29A #233CB2

monochromatic

#4C230F #7F3A19 #B25223 #D86E3A #E2946D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B25223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B25223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25223

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25223	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D611C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.138 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08561',
    500: '#b25223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25223;
$custom-light: #d08561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.72,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55217,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.15621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25223

secondary

#68A9C9

accent

#B1EA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25223

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

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