#B8522D#B8522D

#B8522D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.142 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8522D
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 38.97, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 56.38, 46.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1092 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.142 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2604, 16.4174, 4.4261)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8522D #2D93B8

analogous

#B82D4E #B8522D #B8972D

triadic

#B8522D #2DB852 #522DB8

tetradic

#B8522D #4EB82D #2D93B8 #972DB8

square

#B8522D #4EB82D #2D93B8 #972DB8

split-complementary

#B8522D #2DB897 #2D4EB8

monochromatic

#562615 #873C21 #B8522D #D4724E #E09980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B8522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B8522D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8522D

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8522D	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.142 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48568',
    500: '#b8522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8522d;
$custom-light: #d48568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.971,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56224,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8522D

secondary

#78B3C9

accent

#B9E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8522D

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

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