#B9522D#B9522D

#B9522D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.143 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9522D
RGBrgb(185, 82, 45)
HSLhsl(16, 61%, 45%)
HSVhsv(16, 76%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 55.7%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(47.68, 39.35, 40.96)
CIE-LCHlch(47.68, 56.80, 46.15°)
OKLaboklab(56.38% 0.1103 0.0909)
OKLCHoklch(56.38% 0.143 39.5)
XYZxyz(23.5009, 16.5414, 4.4374)
Luminance0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9522D #2D94B9
analogous
#B92D4E #B9522D #B9982D
triadic
#B9522D #2DB952 #522DB9
tetradic
#B9522D #4EB92D #2D94B9 #982DB9
square
#B9522D #4EB92D #2D94B9 #982DB9
split-complementary
#B9522D #2DB998 #2D4EB9
monochromatic
#572615 #883C21 #B9522D #D4724F #E09A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88
#B9522D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31
#B9522D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9522D
4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9522D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B9522D1.004.884.314.88
#FFFFFF4.881.0021.001.00
#0000004.3121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.881.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6E6328
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#887A2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB3B4A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.143 39.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58568',
    500: '#b9522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9522d;
$custom-light: #d58568;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.857,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56377,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9522D
secondary
#79B4C9
accent
#BAE444
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FCEFEB
border
#D5CAC6
text
#160B06
muted
#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9522D

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#B9522D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva