#B3522E#B3522E

#B3522E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.136 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3522E
RGB	rgb(179, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, 37.06, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 53.91, 46.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.104 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.136 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1030, 15.8184, 4.4736)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3522E #2E8FB3

analogous

#B32E4C #B3522E #B3952E

triadic

#B3522E #2EB352 #522EB3

tetradic

#B3522E #4CB32E #2E8FB3 #952EB3

square

#B3522E #4CB32E #2E8FB3 #952EB3

split-complementary

#B3522E #2EB395 #2E4CB3

monochromatic

#522515 #823C21 #B3522E #D1714D #DE987E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B3522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B3522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3522E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3522E	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D612A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.136 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08568',
    500: '#b3522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3522e;
$custom-light: #d08568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.241,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55477,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3522E

secondary

#76B1C6

accent

#B8E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3522E

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

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