#B9522C#B9522C

#B9522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.143 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9522C
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 39.31, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 57.14, 46.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1099 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.143 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4819, 16.5338, 4.3372)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9522C #2C93B9

analogous

#B92C4D #B9522C #B9982C

triadic

#B9522C #2CB952 #522CB9

tetradic

#B9522C #4DB92C #2C93B9 #982CB9

square

#B9522C #4DB92C #2C93B9 #982CB9

split-complementary

#B9522C #2CB998 #2C4DB9

monochromatic

#562614 #883C20 #B9522C #D5724D #E1997F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#B9522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B9522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9522C

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9522C	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.143 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58567',
    500: '#b9522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9522c;
$custom-light: #d58567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.17,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56366,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9522C

secondary

#78B3C9

accent

#B9E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9522C

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

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