#B9542C#B9542C

#B9542C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9542C
RGB	rgb(185, 84, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 76.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 38.31, 41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 56.75, 47.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1069 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.141 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6349, 16.8398, 4.3882)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9542C #2C91B9

analogous

#B92C4B #B9542C #B99A2C

triadic

#B9542C #2CB954 #542CB9

tetradic

#B9542C #4BB92C #2C91B9 #9A2CB9

square

#B9542C #4BB92C #2C91B9 #9A2CB9

split-complementary

#B9542C #2CB99A #2C4BB9

monochromatic

#562714 #883E20 #B9542C #D5744D #E19B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B9542C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B9542C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9542C

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9542C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9542C	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58767',
    500: '#b9542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9542c;
$custom-light: #d58767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.021,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56663,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9542C

secondary

#78B2C9

accent

#B7E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9542C

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

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