#B8542E#B8542E

#B8542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.140 H 40.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8542E
RGB	rgb(184, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 38.01, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 55.65, 46.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1064 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.14 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4330, 16.7313, 4.5797)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8542E #2E92B8

analogous

#B82E4D #B8542E #B8992E

triadic

#B8542E #2EB854 #542EB8

tetradic

#B8542E #4DB82E #2E92B8 #992EB8

square

#B8542E #4DB82E #2E92B8 #992EB8

split-complementary

#B8542E #2EB899 #2E4DB8

monochromatic

#562716 #873E22 #B8542E #D37450 #DF9B81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B8542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B8542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8542E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8542E	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.140 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48769',
    500: '#b8542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8542e;
$custom-light: #d48769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.522,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56533,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8542E

secondary

#79B3C8

accent

#B8E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8542E

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

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