#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
RGBrgb(179, 82, 43)
HSLhsl(17, 61%, 44%)
HSVhsv(17, 76%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 54.2%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(46.70, 36.93, 40.68)
CIE-LCHlch(46.70, 54.94, 47.77°)
OKLaboklab(55.44% 0.103 0.0902)
OKLCHoklch(55.44% 0.137 41.2)
XYZxyz(22.0459, 15.7955, 4.1730)
Luminance0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B3522B1.005.054.165.05
#FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00
#0000004.1621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00

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

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#B3522B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva