#B6522C#B6522C

#B6522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.140 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6522C
RGB	rgb(182, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 75.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 38.15, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 55.87, 46.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1067 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.14 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7656, 16.1645, 4.3036)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6522C #2C90B6

analogous

#B62C4B #B6522C #B6972C

triadic

#B6522C #2CB652 #522CB6

tetradic

#B6522C #4BB62C #2C90B6 #972CB6

square

#B6522C #4BB62C #2C90B6 #972CB6

split-complementary

#B6522C #2CB697 #2C4BB6

monochromatic

#532614 #853C20 #B6522C #D4714C #E0987D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B6522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B6522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B6522C

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B6522C	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C83C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.140 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38567',
    500: '#b6522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6522c;
$custom-light: #d38567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.522,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55909,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6522C

secondary

#76B1C8

accent

#B8E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6522C

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

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