#B3542D#B3542D

#B3542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.135 H 41.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B3542D
RGBrgb(179, 84, 45)
HSLhsl(17, 60%, 44%)
HSVhsv(17, 75%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 53.1%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(47.13, 35.99, 40.09)
CIE-LCHlch(47.13, 53.88, 48.09°)
OKLaboklab(55.77% 0.1005 0.0894)
OKLCHoklch(55.77% 0.135 41.7)
XYZxyz(22.2366, 16.1166, 4.4220)
Luminance0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B3542D #2D8CB3
analogous
#B32D49 #B3542D #B3972D
triadic
#B3542D #2DB354 #542DB3
tetradic
#B3542D #49B32D #2D8CB3 #972DB3
square
#B3542D #49B32D #2D8CB3 #972DB3
split-complementary
#B3542D #2DB397 #2D49B3
monochromatic
#512614 #823D21 #B3542D #D2734B #DE997C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97
#B3542D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22
#B3542D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3542D
4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B3542D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B3542D1.004.974.224.97
#FFFFFF4.971.0021.001.00
#0000004.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.971.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6E6328
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85782B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4404C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b3542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.135 41.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08668',
    500: '#b3542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b3542d;
$custom-light: #d08668;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b3542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.463,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55772,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B3542D
secondary
#75AFC7
accent
#B5E345
background
#FDF8F6
surface
#FBEFEB
border
#D4CAC6
text
#150B06
muted
#837C7A

Preview Lab

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#B3542D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva