#B3542C#B3542C

#B3542C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.135 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3542C
RGB	rgb(179, 84, 44)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.1%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 35.95, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 54.23, 48.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.1002 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.135 42)
XYZ	xyz(22.2175, 16.1090, 4.3218)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3542C #2C8BB3

analogous

#B32C47 #B3542C #B3972C

triadic

#B3542C #2CB354 #542CB3

tetradic

#B3542C #47B32C #2C8BB3 #972CB3

square

#B3542C #47B32C #2C8BB3 #972CB3

split-complementary

#B3542C #2CB397 #2C47B3

monochromatic

#512614 #823D20 #B3542C #D2724A #DF987B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B3542C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B3542C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3542C

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3542C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3542C	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.135 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08667',
    500: '#b3542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3542c;
$custom-light: #d08667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55761,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.16106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3542C

secondary

#74AEC7

accent

#B4E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3542C

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

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