#B9542D#B9542D

#B9542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9542D
RGB	rgb(185, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 38.35, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 56.41, 47.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1072 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.141 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6539, 16.8474, 4.4884)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9542D #2D92B9

analogous

#B92D4C #B9542D #B99A2D

triadic

#B9542D #2DB954 #542DB9

tetradic

#B9542D #4CB92D #2D92B9 #9A2DB9

square

#B9542D #4CB92D #2D92B9 #9A2DB9

split-complementary

#B9542D #2DB99A #2D4CB9

monochromatic

#572715 #883E21 #B9542D #D4744F #E09B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B9542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B9542D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9542D

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9542D	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)

#706428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58768',
    500: '#b9542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9542d;
$custom-light: #d58768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.714,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9542D

secondary

#79B3C9

accent

#B7E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9542D

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

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