#B8522F#B8522F

#B8522F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.141 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8522F
RGB	rgb(184, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 39.06, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 55.71, 45.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1098 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.141 39)
XYZ	xyz(23.2999, 16.4332, 4.6337)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8522F #2F95B8

analogous

#B82F51 #B8522F #B8962F

triadic

#B8522F #2FB852 #522FB8

tetradic

#B8522F #51B82F #2F95B8 #962FB8

square

#B8522F #51B82F #2F95B8 #962FB8

split-complementary

#B8522F #2FB896 #2F51B8

monochromatic

#572716 #873C23 #B8522F #D37352 #DF9A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B8522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B8522F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8522F

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8522F	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E632B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.141 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48569',
    500: '#b8522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8522f;
$custom-light: #d48569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.328,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56246,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.1643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8522F

secondary

#7BB4C8

accent

#BAE245

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8522F

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

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