#B5512E#B5512E

#B5512E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.139 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5512E
RGB	rgb(181, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 38.35, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 54.96, 45.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.1077 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.139 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4939, 15.9088, 4.4704)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5512E #2E92B5

analogous

#B52E4E #B5512E #B5952E

triadic

#B5512E #2EB551 #512EB5

tetradic

#B5512E #4EB52E #2E92B5 #952EB5

square

#B5512E #4EB52E #2E92B5 #952EB5

split-complementary

#B5512E #2EB595 #2E4EB5

monochromatic

#532515 #843B22 #B5512E #D2704E #DE987F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B5512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B5512E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5512E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5512E	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)

#6C612A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.139 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28468',
    500: '#b5512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5512e;
$custom-light: #d28468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5563,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5512E

secondary

#78B3C7

accent

#BAE345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5512E

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

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