#B9572E#B9572E

#B9572E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.138 H 41.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9572E
RGB	rgb(185, 87, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 36.87, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 55.51, 48.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1028 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.138 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9113, 17.3309, 4.6703)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9572E #2E90B9

analogous

#B92E4A #B9572E #B99C2E

triadic

#B9572E #2EB957 #572EB9

tetradic

#B9572E #4AB92E #2E90B9 #9C2EB9

square

#B9572E #4AB92E #2E90B9 #9C2EB9

split-complementary

#B9572E #2EB99C #2E4AB9

monochromatic

#572916 #884022 #B9572E #D47751 #E09D82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B9572E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B9572E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9572E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9572E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9572E	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9572e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 87, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.138 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58869',
    500: '#b9572e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9572e;
$custom-light: #d58869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9572e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.698,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57138,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9572E

secondary

#7AB2C9

accent

#B4E344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9572E

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

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