#B8512D#B8512D

#B8512D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.143 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8512D
RGB	rgb(184, 81, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 39.47, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 56.58, 45.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1107 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.143 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1856, 16.2677, 4.4012)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8512D #2D94B8

analogous

#B82D4E #B8512D #B8972D

triadic

#B8512D #2DB851 #512DB8

tetradic

#B8512D #4EB82D #2D94B8 #972DB8

square

#B8512D #4EB82D #2D94B8 #972DB8

split-complementary

#B8512D #2DB897 #2D4EB8

monochromatic

#562615 #873B21 #B8512D #D4714E #E09880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B8512D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B8512D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8512D

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8512D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8512D	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8512d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 81, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.143 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48568',
    500: '#b8512d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8512d;
$custom-light: #d48568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8512d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.54,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56077,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8512D

secondary

#78B4C9

accent

#BAE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8512D

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

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