#B9642A#B9642A

#B9642A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.130 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9642A
RGB	rgb(185, 100, 42)
HSL	hsl(24, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(24, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 29.86, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 55.04, 57.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.0809 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.13 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9850, 19.5987, 4.6572)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9642A #2A7FB9

analogous

#B92A37 #B9642A #B9AC2A

triadic

#B9642A #2AB964 #642AB9

tetradic

#B9642A #37B92A #2A7FB9 #AC2AB9

square

#B9642A #37B92A #2A7FB9 #AC2AB9

split-complementary

#B9642A #2AB9AC #2A37B9

monochromatic

#552E13 #87491F #B9642A #D6834A #E1A57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#B9642A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#B9642A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9642A

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9642A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9642A	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9642a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 100, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.130 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49167',
    500: '#b9642a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9642a;
$custom-light: #d49167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9642a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.336,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59197,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9642A

secondary

#75A7CA

accent

#A3E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9642A

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

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