#B2542C#B2542C

#B2542C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.134 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2542C
RGB	rgb(178, 84, 44)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 35.55, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 53.80, 48.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.0991 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.134 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9872, 15.9902, 4.3110)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2542C #2C8AB2

analogous

#B22C47 #B2542C #B2972C

triadic

#B2542C #2CB254 #542CB2

tetradic

#B2542C #47B22C #2C8AB2 #972CB2

square

#B2542C #47B22C #2C8AB2 #972CB2

split-complementary

#B2542C #2CB297 #2C47B2

monochromatic

#502614 #813D20 #B2542C #D27249 #DE987A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B2542C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B2542C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2542C

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2542C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2542C	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)

#6E6227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.134 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08667',
    500: '#b2542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2542c;
$custom-light: #d08667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.91,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55612,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2542C

secondary

#73AEC6

accent

#B4E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2542C

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

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