#B9532C#B9532C

#B9532C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.142 H 40.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9532C
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 38.81, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 56.94, 47.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1084 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.142 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5578, 16.6857, 4.3625)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9532C #2C92B9

analogous

#B92C4B #B9532C #B99A2C

triadic

#B9532C #2CB953 #532CB9

tetradic

#B9532C #4BB92C #2C92B9 #9A2CB9

square

#B9532C #4BB92C #2C92B9 #9A2CB9

split-complementary

#B9532C #2CB99A #2C4BB9

monochromatic

#562714 #883D20 #B9532C #D5734D #E19A7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B9532C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B9532C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9532C

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9532C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9532C	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9532c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.142 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58667',
    500: '#b9532c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9532c;
$custom-light: #d58667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9532c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.596,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56514,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9532C

secondary

#78B3C9

accent

#B8E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9532C

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

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