#B3522F#B3522F

#B3522F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.136 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3522F
RGB	rgb(179, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 73.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 37.11, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 53.57, 46.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1043 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.136 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1230, 15.8263, 4.5786)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3522F #2F90B3

analogous

#B32F4E #B3522F #B3942F

triadic

#B3522F #2FB352 #522FB3

tetradic

#B3522F #4EB32F #2F90B3 #942FB3

square

#B3522F #4EB32F #2F90B3 #942FB3

split-complementary

#B3522F #2FB394 #2F4EB3

monochromatic

#522616 #833C22 #B3522F #D1714F #DD987F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#B3522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B3522F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3522F

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3522F	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)

#6D612B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C43D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.136 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08569',
    500: '#b3522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3522f;
$custom-light: #d08569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.909,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55488,
    "c": 0.13565,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3522F

secondary

#78B1C6

accent

#B8E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3522F

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

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