#B9522B#B9522B

#B9522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.144 H 40.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9522B
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 76.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 39.27, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 57.48, 46.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1096 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.144 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4633, 16.5264, 4.2394)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9522B #2B92B9

analogous

#B92B4B #B9522B #B9992B

triadic

#B9522B #2BB952 #522BB9

tetradic

#B9522B #4BB92B #2B92B9 #992BB9

square

#B9522B #4BB92B #2B92B9 #992BB9

split-complementary

#B9522B #2BB999 #2B4BB9

monochromatic

#562614 #873C1F #B9522B #D5724C #E1997E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B9522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B9522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9522B

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9522B	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.144 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58567',
    500: '#b9522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9522b;
$custom-light: #d58567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.479,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56356,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9522B

secondary

#76B3C9

accent

#B9E542

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9522B

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

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