#B25523#B25523

#B25523 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.136 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25523
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 34.67, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 56.75, 52.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.0949 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.136 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9142, 16.0861, 3.5407)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25523 #2380B2

analogous

#B22339 #B25523 #B29D23

triadic

#B25523 #23B255 #5523B2

tetradic

#B25523 #39B223 #2380B2 #9D23B2

square

#B25523 #39B223 #2380B2 #9D23B2

split-complementary

#B25523 #23B29D #2339B2

monochromatic

#4C240F #7F3D19 #B25523 #D8713A #E2966D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B25523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B25523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25523

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25523	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F631C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.136 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08762',
    500: '#b25523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25523;
$custom-light: #d08762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.979,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55682,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25523

secondary

#68A7C9

accent

#AEEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25523

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

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