#B8532E#B8532E

#B8532E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.141 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8532E
RGB	rgb(184, 83, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 38.51, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 55.84, 46.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1079 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.141 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3559, 16.5771, 4.5540)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8532E #2E93B8

analogous

#B82E4E #B8532E #B8982E

triadic

#B8532E #2EB853 #532EB8

tetradic

#B8532E #4EB82E #2E93B8 #982EB8

square

#B8532E #4EB82E #2E93B8 #982EB8

split-complementary

#B8532E #2EB898 #2E4EB8

monochromatic

#562716 #873D22 #B8532E #D37350 #DF9A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B8532E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B8532E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8532E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8532E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8532E	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8532e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 83, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.141 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48669',
    500: '#b8532e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8532e;
$custom-light: #d48669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8532e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.087,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56383,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8532E

secondary

#79B3C8

accent

#B9E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8532E

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

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