#B9512D#B9512D

#B9512D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.144 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9512D
RGB	rgb(185, 81, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 39.85, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 57.00, 45.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1118 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.144 39)
XYZ	xyz(23.4260, 16.3917, 4.4124)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9512D #2D95B9

analogous

#B92D4F #B9512D #B9972D

triadic

#B9512D #2DB951 #512DB9

tetradic

#B9512D #4FB92D #2D95B9 #972DB9

square

#B9512D #4FB92D #2D95B9 #972DB9

split-complementary

#B9512D #2DB997 #2D4FB9

monochromatic

#572615 #883B21 #B9512D #D4714F #E09980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B9512D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B9512D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9512D

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9512D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9512D	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)

#6E6229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9512d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 81, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.144 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58568',
    500: '#b9512d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9512d;
$custom-light: #d58568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9512d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5623,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.16389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9512D

secondary

#79B4C9

accent

#BBE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9512D

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

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