#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
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 39.35, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 56.80, 46.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1103 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.143 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5009, 16.5414, 4.4374)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##B9522D	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)

#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

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

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