#B9552D#B9552D

#B9552D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.140 H 41.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9552D
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 45)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 37.85, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 56.22, 47.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1056 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.14 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7321, 17.0038, 4.5145)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9552D #2D91B9

analogous

#B92D4B #B9552D #B99B2D

triadic

#B9552D #2DB955 #552DB9

tetradic

#B9552D #4BB92D #2D91B9 #9B2DB9

square

#B9552D #4BB92D #2D91B9 #9B2DB9

split-complementary

#B9552D #2DB99B #2D4BB9

monochromatic

#572815 #883E21 #B9552D #D4754F #E09C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B9552D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B9552D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9552D

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9552D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9552D	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9552d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.140 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58768',
    500: '#b9552d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9552d;
$custom-light: #d58768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9552d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56823,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9552D

secondary

#79B2C9

accent

#B6E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9552D

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

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