#B9542E#B9542E

#B9542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 40.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9542E
RGB	rgb(185, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 38.40, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 56.07, 46.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1075 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.141 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6734, 16.8552, 4.5910)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9542E #2E93B9

analogous

#B92E4D #B9542E #B9992E

triadic

#B9542E #2EB954 #542EB9

tetradic

#B9542E #4DB92E #2E93B9 #992EB9

square

#B9542E #4DB92E #2E93B9 #992EB9

split-complementary

#B9542E #2EB999 #2E4DB9

monochromatic

#572716 #883E22 #B9542E #D47451 #E09B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B9542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B9542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9542E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9542E	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)

#706429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58769',
    500: '#b9542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9542e;
$custom-light: #d58769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.403,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56684,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9542E

secondary

#7AB3C9

accent

#B8E344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9542E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →