#B9562D#B9562D

#B9562D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.139 H 41.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9562D
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 45)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 37.34, 41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 56.04, 48.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.1041 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.139 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8114, 17.1624, 4.5409)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9562D #2D90B9

analogous

#B92D4A #B9562D #B99C2D

triadic

#B9562D #2DB956 #562DB9

tetradic

#B9562D #4AB92D #2D90B9 #9C2DB9

square

#B9562D #4AB92D #2D90B9 #9C2DB9

split-complementary

#B9562D #2DB99C #2D4AB9

monochromatic

#572815 #883F21 #B9562D #D4764F #E09C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B9562D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B9562D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9562D

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9562D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9562D	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB414D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9562d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.139 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58868',
    500: '#b9562d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9562d;
$custom-light: #d58868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9562d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.571,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56975,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9562D

secondary

#79B2C9

accent

#B5E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9562D

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

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