#B3542E#B3542E

#B3542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.134 H 41.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3542E
RGB	rgb(179, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.1%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 36.04, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 53.53, 47.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.1008 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.134 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2560, 16.1244, 4.5246)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3542E #2E8DB3

analogous

#B32E4B #B3542E #B3972E

triadic

#B3542E #2EB354 #542EB3

tetradic

#B3542E #4BB32E #2E8DB3 #972EB3

square

#B3542E #4BB32E #2E8DB3 #972EB3

split-complementary

#B3542E #2EB397 #2E4BB3

monochromatic

#522615 #823D21 #B3542E #D1734D #DE997E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B3542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B3542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3542E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3542E	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)

#6E632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4404C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.134 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08669',
    500: '#b3542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3542e;
$custom-light: #d08669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55783,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3542E

secondary

#76B0C6

accent

#B5E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3542E

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

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