#B8522E#B8522E

#B8522E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.142 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8522E
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 39.01, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 56.04, 45.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1095 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.142 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2799, 16.4252, 4.5287)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8522E #2E94B8

analogous

#B82E4F #B8522E #B8972E

triadic

#B8522E #2EB852 #522EB8

tetradic

#B8522E #4FB82E #2E94B8 #972EB8

square

#B8522E #4FB82E #2E94B8 #972EB8

split-complementary

#B8522E #2EB897 #2E4FB8

monochromatic

#562616 #873C22 #B8522E #D37250 #DF9A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B8522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B8522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8522E

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8522E	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)

#6E632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.142 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48569',
    500: '#b8522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8522e;
$custom-light: #d48569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56235,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8522E

secondary

#79B4C8

accent

#BAE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8522E

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

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