#B3512C#B3512C

#B3512C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.138 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3512C
RGB	rgb(179, 81, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 37.48, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 54.79, 46.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1049 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.138 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9896, 15.6532, 4.2458)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3512C #2C8EB3

analogous

#B32C4B #B3512C #B3942C

triadic

#B3512C #2CB351 #512CB3

tetradic

#B3512C #4BB32C #2C8EB3 #942CB3

square

#B3512C #4BB32C #2C8EB3 #942CB3

split-complementary

#B3512C #2CB394 #2C4BB3

monochromatic

#512514 #823B20 #B3512C #D26F4A #DF967B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B3512C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B3512C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3512C

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3512C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3512C	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3512c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 81, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.138 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18467',
    500: '#b3512c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3512c;
$custom-light: #d18467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3512c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.444,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55304,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3512C

secondary

#74B0C7

accent

#B8E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3512C

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

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