#B9572D#B9572D

#B9572D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.139 H 42.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9572D
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 45)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 75.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 36.83, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 55.86, 48.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1025 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.139 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8918, 17.3232, 4.5677)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9572D #2D8FB9

analogous

#B92D49 #B9572D #B99D2D

triadic

#B9572D #2DB957 #572DB9

tetradic

#B9572D #49B92D #2D8FB9 #9D2DB9

square

#B9572D #49B92D #2D8FB9 #9D2DB9

split-complementary

#B9572D #2DB99D #2D49B9

monochromatic

#572915 #884021 #B9572D #D4774F #E09D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B9572D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B9572D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9572D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9572D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9572D	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9572d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.139 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58868',
    500: '#b9572d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9572d;
$custom-light: #d58868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9572d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57128,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9572D

secondary

#79B1C9

accent

#B4E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9572D

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

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