#B9532E#B9532E

#B9532E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.142 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9532E
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 38.90, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 56.27, 46.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.109 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.142 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5963, 16.7011, 4.5653)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9532E #2E94B9

analogous

#B92E4F #B9532E #B9982E

triadic

#B9532E #2EB953 #532EB9

tetradic

#B9532E #4FB92E #2E94B9 #982EB9

square

#B9532E #4FB92E #2E94B9 #982EB9

split-complementary

#B9532E #2EB998 #2E4FB9

monochromatic

#572716 #883D22 #B9532E #D47351 #E09B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B9532E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B9532E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9532E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9532E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9532E	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)

#6F642A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9532e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.142 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58669',
    500: '#b9532e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9532e;
$custom-light: #d58669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9532e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.971,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56535,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9532E

secondary

#7AB4C9

accent

#B9E344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9532E

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

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