#B9502B#B9502B

#B9502B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.145 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9502B
RGB	rgb(185, 80, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 40.26, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 57.87, 45.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.1127 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.145 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3147, 16.2291, 4.1898)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9502B #2B94B9

analogous

#B92B4D #B9502B #B9972B

triadic

#B9502B #2BB950 #502BB9

tetradic

#B9502B #4DB92B #2B94B9 #972BB9

square

#B9502B #4DB92B #2B94B9 #972BB9

split-complementary

#B9502B #2BB997 #2B4DB9

monochromatic

#562514 #873B1F #B9502B #D5704C #E1977E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B9502B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B9502B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9502B

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9502B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9502B	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9502b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 80, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.145 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58466',
    500: '#b9502b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9502b;
$custom-light: #d58466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9502b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.634,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56064,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9502B

secondary

#76B4C9

accent

#BBE542

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9502B

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

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