#B3522B#B3522B

#B3522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.137 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3522B
RGB	rgb(179, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 36.93, 40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 54.94, 47.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.103 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.137 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0459, 15.7955, 4.1730)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3522B #2B8CB3

analogous

#B32B48 #B3522B #B3962B

triadic

#B3522B #2BB352 #522BB3

tetradic

#B3522B #48B32B #2B8CB3 #962BB3

square

#B3522B #48B32B #2B8CB3 #962BB3

split-complementary

#B3522B #2BB396 #2B48B3

monochromatic

#502513 #823B1F #B3522B #D37048 #DF9779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B3522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B3522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3522B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3522B	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.137 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18566',
    500: '#b3522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3522b;
$custom-light: #d18566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.206,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55444,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3522B

secondary

#73AFC7

accent

#B6E443

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3522B

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

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