#B5532E#B5532E

#B5532E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.137 H 40.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5532E
RGB	rgb(181, 83, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 37.34, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 54.57, 46.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1046 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.137 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6447, 16.2104, 4.5207)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5532E #2E90B5

analogous

#B52E4D #B5532E #B5962E

triadic

#B5532E #2EB553 #532EB5

tetradic

#B5532E #4DB52E #2E90B5 #962EB5

square

#B5532E #4DB52E #2E90B5 #962EB5

split-complementary

#B5532E #2EB596 #2E4DB5

monochromatic

#532615 #843D22 #B5532E #D2724E #DE997F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B5532E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B5532E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5532E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5532E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5532E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5532e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 83, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.137 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28669',
    500: '#b5532e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5532e;
$custom-light: #d28669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5532e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.444,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5593,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5532E

secondary

#78B1C7

accent

#B7E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5532E

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

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