#B5542E#B5542E

#B5542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.136 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5542E
RGB	rgb(181, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 36.83, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 54.38, 47.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1031 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.136 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7217, 16.3645, 4.5464)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5542E #2E8FB5

analogous

#B52E4C #B5542E #B5982E

triadic

#B5542E #2EB554 #542EB5

tetradic

#B5542E #4CB52E #2E8FB5 #982EB5

square

#B5542E #4CB52E #2E8FB5 #982EB5

split-complementary

#B5542E #2EB598 #2E4CB5

monochromatic

#532715 #843D22 #B5542E #D2734E #DE9A7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B5542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B5542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5542E

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5542E	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.136 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28669',
    500: '#b5542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5542e;
$custom-light: #d28669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56082,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5542E

secondary

#78B1C7

accent

#B6E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5542E

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

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