#B2542E#B2542E

#B2542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.133 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2542E
RGB	rgb(178, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 35.64, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 53.11, 47.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.0997 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.133 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0257, 16.0056, 4.5138)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2542E #2E8CB2

analogous

#B22E4A #B2542E #B2962E

triadic

#B2542E #2EB254 #542EB2

tetradic

#B2542E #4AB22E #2E8CB2 #962EB2

square

#B2542E #4AB22E #2E8CB2 #962EB2

split-complementary

#B2542E #2EB296 #2E4AB2

monochromatic

#512615 #813D21 #B2542E #D1734C #DD997D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B2542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B2542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2542E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2542E	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)

#6E622A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3404C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.133 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08669',
    500: '#b2542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2542e;
$custom-light: #d08669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.273,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55634,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2542E

secondary

#76AFC6

accent

#B5E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2542E

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

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