#B3522D#B3522D

#B3522D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.136 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3522D
RGB	rgb(179, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 37.02, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 54.25, 46.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1037 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.136 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0835, 15.8106, 4.3710)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3522D #2D8EB3

analogous

#B32D4B #B3522D #B3952D

triadic

#B3522D #2DB352 #522DB3

tetradic

#B3522D #4BB32D #2D8EB3 #952DB3

square

#B3522D #4BB32D #2D8EB3 #952DB3

split-complementary

#B3522D #2DB395 #2D4BB3

monochromatic

#512514 #823C21 #B3522D #D2704B #DE977C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B3522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B3522D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3522D

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3522D	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)

#6D6129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.136 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18568',
    500: '#b3522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3522d;
$custom-light: #d18568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.567,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55466,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3522D

secondary

#75B0C7

accent

#B7E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3522D

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

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