#B9552E#B9552E

#B9552E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.140 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9552E
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 37.89, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 55.88, 47.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1059 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.14 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7516, 17.0116, 4.6171)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9552E #2E92B9

analogous

#B92E4C #B9552E #B99B2E

triadic

#B9552E #2EB955 #552EB9

tetradic

#B9552E #4CB92E #2E92B9 #9B2EB9

square

#B9552E #4CB92E #2E92B9 #9B2EB9

split-complementary

#B9552E #2EB99B #2E4CB9

monochromatic

#572816 #883E22 #B9552E #D47551 #E09C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B9552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B9552E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9552E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9552E	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)

#716529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB404D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.140 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58769',
    500: '#b9552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9552e;
$custom-light: #d58769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.835,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56834,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9552E

secondary

#7AB3C9

accent

#B7E344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9552E

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

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