#B4522C#B4522C

#B4522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.138 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4522C
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 37.36, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 55.02, 47.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.1045 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.138 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2965, 15.9226, 4.2816)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4522C #2C8EB4

analogous

#B42C4A #B4522C #B4962C

triadic

#B4522C #2CB452 #522CB4

tetradic

#B4522C #4AB42C #2C8EB4 #962CB4

square

#B4522C #4AB42C #2C8EB4 #962CB4

split-complementary

#B4522C #2CB496 #2C4AB4

monochromatic

#522514 #833C20 #B4522C #D3704A #DF977C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B4522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B4522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4522C

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4522C	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)

#6D6227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.138 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18567',
    500: '#b4522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4522c;
$custom-light: #d18567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.765,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55606,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4522C

secondary

#75B0C7

accent

#B7E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4522C

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

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