#B2522D#B2522D

#B2522D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.135 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2522D
RGB	rgb(178, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 36.62, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 53.83, 47.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.1026 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.135 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8532, 15.6918, 4.3602)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2522D #2D8DB2

analogous

#B22D4A #B2522D #B2942D

triadic

#B2522D #2DB252 #522DB2

tetradic

#B2522D #4AB22D #2D8DB2 #942DB2

square

#B2522D #4AB22D #2D8DB2 #942DB2

split-complementary

#B2522D #2DB294 #2D4AB2

monochromatic

#502514 #813B21 #B2522D #D1704B #DE977C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B2522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B2522D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2522D

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2522D	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)

#6C6129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84762B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.135 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08568',
    500: '#b2522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2522d;
$custom-light: #d08568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.692,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55315,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2522D

secondary

#75AFC6

accent

#B7E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2522D

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

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