#B3512E#B3512E

#B3512E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.137 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3512E
RGB	rgb(179, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 37.57, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 54.11, 46.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.1055 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.137 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0282, 15.6686, 4.4486)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3512E #2E90B3

analogous

#B32E4E #B3512E #B3942E

triadic

#B3512E #2EB351 #512EB3

tetradic

#B3512E #4EB32E #2E90B3 #942EB3

square

#B3512E #4EB32E #2E90B3 #942EB3

split-complementary

#B3512E #2EB394 #2E4EB3

monochromatic

#522515 #823B21 #B3512E #D1704D #DE977E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#B3512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B3512E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3512E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3512E	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)

#6C612A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.137 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18468',
    500: '#b3512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3512e;
$custom-light: #d18468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55326,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3512E

secondary

#76B1C6

accent

#B9E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3512E

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

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