#B9522E#B9522E

#B9522E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.143 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9522E
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 39.40, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 56.47, 45.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1106 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.143 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5204, 16.5492, 4.5400)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9522E #2E95B9

analogous

#B92E4F #B9522E #B9982E

triadic

#B9522E #2EB952 #522EB9

tetradic

#B9522E #4FB92E #2E95B9 #982EB9

square

#B9522E #4FB92E #2E95B9 #982EB9

split-complementary

#B9522E #2EB998 #2E4FB9

monochromatic

#572716 #883C22 #B9522E #D47351 #E09A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B9522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B9522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9522E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9522E	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.143 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58569',
    500: '#b9522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9522e;
$custom-light: #d58569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.54,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56387,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9522E

secondary

#7AB4C9

accent

#BAE344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9522E

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

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