#B4522B#B4522B

#B4522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.138 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4522B
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 37.32, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 55.37, 47.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1041 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.138 41)
XYZ	xyz(22.2780, 15.9152, 4.1838)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4522B #2B8DB4

analogous

#B42B48 #B4522B #B4962B

triadic

#B4522B #2BB452 #522BB4

tetradic

#B4522B #48B42B #2B8DB4 #962BB4

square

#B4522B #48B42B #2B8DB4 #962BB4

split-complementary

#B4522B #2BB496 #2B48B4

monochromatic

#512513 #833B1F #B4522B #D37049 #DF977A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B4522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B4522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4522B

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4522B	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.138 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18566',
    500: '#b4522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4522b;
$custom-light: #d18566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.08,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55596,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.15912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4522B

secondary

#73AFC7

accent

#B7E543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4522B

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

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