#B6522D#B6522D

#B6522D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.140 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6522D
RGB	rgb(182, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 75.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 38.19, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 55.53, 46.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.107 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.14 40)
XYZ	xyz(22.7846, 16.1721, 4.4038)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6522D #2D91B6

analogous

#B62D4D #B6522D #B6962D

triadic

#B6522D #2DB652 #522DB6

tetradic

#B6522D #4DB62D #2D91B6 #962DB6

square

#B6522D #4DB62D #2D91B6 #962DB6

split-complementary

#B6522D #2DB696 #2D4DB6

monochromatic

#542615 #853C21 #B6522D #D3714D #DF987E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B6522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B6522D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B6522D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B6522D	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)

#6E6229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C83C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.140 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38568',
    500: '#b6522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6522d;
$custom-light: #d38568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.204,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5592,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.16169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6522D

secondary

#77B2C8

accent

#B9E344

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6522D

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

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