#B4522E#B4522E

#B4522E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.137 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4522E
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.89, 37.45, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.89, 54.34, 46.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.1051 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.137 40)
XYZ	xyz(22.3350, 15.9380, 4.4844)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4522E #2E90B4

analogous

#B42E4D #B4522E #B4952E

triadic

#B4522E #2EB452 #522EB4

tetradic

#B4522E #4DB42E #2E90B4 #952EB4

square

#B4522E #4DB42E #2E90B4 #952EB4

split-complementary

#B4522E #2EB495 #2E4DB4

monochromatic

#532615 #833C22 #B4522E #D2714E #DE987E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B4522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B4522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4522E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4522E	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.137 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18568',
    500: '#b4522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4522e;
$custom-light: #d18568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55628,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.15935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4522E

secondary

#77B1C7

accent

#B8E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4522E

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

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