#B3542A#B3542A

#B3542A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.136 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3542A
RGB	rgb(179, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(18, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.1%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 35.86, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 54.92, 49.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.0996 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.136 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1808, 16.0943, 4.1285)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3542A #2A89B3

analogous

#B32A44 #B3542A #B3982A

triadic

#B3542A #2AB354 #542AB3

tetradic

#B3542A #44B32A #2A89B3 #982AB3

square

#B3542A #44B32A #2A89B3 #982AB3

split-complementary

#B3542A #2AB398 #2A44B3

monochromatic

#502513 #813D1E #B3542A #D47246 #DF9878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B3542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B3542A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3542A

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3542A	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.136 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18666',
    500: '#b3542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3542a;
$custom-light: #d18666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.394,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5574,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3542A

secondary

#72ADC7

accent

#B3E543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3542A

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

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