#B4522F#B4522F

#B4522F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.137 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4522F
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 37.50, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 54.00, 46.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.64% 0.1054 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(55.64% 0.137 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3550, 15.9460, 4.5895)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4522F #2F91B4

analogous

#B42F4F #B4522F #B4942F

triadic

#B4522F #2FB452 #522FB4

tetradic

#B4522F #4FB42F #2F91B4 #942FB4

square

#B4522F #4FB42F #2F91B4 #942FB4

split-complementary

#B4522F #2FB494 #2F4FB4

monochromatic

#532616 #833C22 #B4522F #D1714F #DE9880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B4522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B4522F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4522F

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4522F	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.137 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18569',
    500: '#b4522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4522f;
$custom-light: #d18569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55639,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4522F

secondary

#78B2C7

accent

#B9E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4522F

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

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