#B25525#B25525

#B25525 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.135 H 45.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25525
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 37)
HSL	hsl(20, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(20, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 79.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 34.74, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 56.07, 51.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.0954 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.135 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9447, 16.0983, 3.7016)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25525 #2582B2

analogous

#B2253B #B25525 #B29C25

triadic

#B25525 #25B255 #5525B2

tetradic

#B25525 #3BB225 #2582B2 #9C25B2

square

#B25525 #3BB225 #2582B2 #9C25B2

split-complementary

#B25525 #25B29C #253BB2

monochromatic

#4D2510 #7F3D1A #B25525 #D7723D #E19770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B25525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B25525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25525

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25525	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)

#6F631F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.135 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08763',
    500: '#b25525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25525;
$custom-light: #d08763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.426,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.557,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25525

secondary

#6BA8C8

accent

#AFE93F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25525

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

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