#B2522C#B2522C

#B2522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.136 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2522C
RGB	rgb(178, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 36.58, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 54.17, 47.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1022 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.136 41)
XYZ	xyz(21.8342, 15.6842, 4.2600)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2522C #2C8CB2

analogous

#B22C49 #B2522C #B2952C

triadic

#B2522C #2CB252 #522CB2

tetradic

#B2522C #49B22C #2C8CB2 #952CB2

square

#B2522C #49B22C #2C8CB2 #952CB2

split-complementary

#B2522C #2CB295 #2C49B2

monochromatic

#502514 #813B20 #B2522C #D27049 #DE977A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B2522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B2522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2522C

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2522C	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.136 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08567',
    500: '#b2522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2522c;
$custom-light: #d08567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.015,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55304,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.15681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2522C

secondary

#73AFC6

accent

#B6E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2522C

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

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