#B9512A#B9512A

#B9512A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.145 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9512A
RGB	rgb(185, 81, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 39.73, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 58.01, 46.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1109 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.145 40)
XYZ	xyz(23.3703, 16.3694, 4.1190)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9512A #2A92B9

analogous

#B92A4A #B9512A #B9992A

triadic

#B9512A #2AB951 #512AB9

tetradic

#B9512A #4AB92A #2A92B9 #992AB9

square

#B9512A #4AB92A #2A92B9 #992AB9

split-complementary

#B9512A #2AB999 #2A4AB9

monochromatic

#552513 #873B1F #B9512A #D6704A #E1987C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B9512A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B9512A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9512A

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9512A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9512A	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9512a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 81, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.145 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58566',
    500: '#b9512a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9512a;
$custom-light: #d58566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9512a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56199,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.16366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9512A

secondary

#75B3CA

accent

#B9E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9512A

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

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