#B9512C#B9512C

#B9512C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.144 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9512C
RGB	rgb(185, 81, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 39.81, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 57.34, 46.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1115 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.144 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4070, 16.3841, 4.3122)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9512C #2C94B9

analogous

#B92C4D #B9512C #B9982C

triadic

#B9512C #2CB951 #512CB9

tetradic

#B9512C #4DB92C #2C94B9 #982CB9

square

#B9512C #4DB92C #2C94B9 #982CB9

split-complementary

#B9512C #2CB998 #2C4DB9

monochromatic

#562614 #883B20 #B9512C #D5714D #E1987F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B9512C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B9512C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9512C

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9512C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9512C	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9512c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 81, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.144 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58567',
    500: '#b9512c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9512c;
$custom-light: #d58567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9512c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.745,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5622,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9512C

secondary

#78B4C9

accent

#BAE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9512C

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

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