#B9542F#B9542F

#B9542F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9542F
RGB	rgb(185, 84, 47)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 74.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 38.44, 40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 55.73, 46.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1078 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.141 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6933, 16.8632, 4.6960)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9542F #2F94B9

analogous

#B92F4F #B9542F #B9992F

triadic

#B9542F #2FB954 #542FB9

tetradic

#B9542F #4FB92F #2F94B9 #992FB9

square

#B9542F #4FB92F #2F94B9 #992FB9

split-complementary

#B9542F #2FB999 #2F4FB9

monochromatic

#572816 #883E23 #B9542F #D37552 #DF9C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B9542F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B9542F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9542F

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9542F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9542F	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70642B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9542f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 84, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58769',
    500: '#b9542f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9542f;
$custom-light: #d58769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9542f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.087,
    "s": 59.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56695,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9542F

secondary

#7BB4C9

accent

#B8E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9542F

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

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