#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
RGBrgb(184, 82, 45)
HSLhsl(16, 61%, 45%)
HSVhsv(16, 76%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 55.4%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(47.52, 38.97, 40.75)
CIE-LCHlch(47.52, 56.38, 46.28°)
OKLaboklab(56.22% 0.1092 0.0905)
OKLCHoklch(56.22% 0.142 39.7)
XYZxyz(23.2604, 16.4174, 4.4261)
Luminance0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B8522D1.004.904.284.90
#FFFFFF4.901.0021.001.00
#0000004.2821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.901.0021.001.00

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

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#B8522D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva