#B0481D#B0481D

#B0481D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.146 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0481D
RGB	rgb(176, 72, 29)
HSL	hsl(18, 72%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(18, 84%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 83.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 40.23, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 60.25, 48.11°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.1111 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.146 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4458, 13.9564, 2.7794)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0481D #1D85B0

analogous

#B01D3C #B0481D #B0911D

triadic

#B0481D #1DB048 #481DB0

tetradic

#B0481D #3CB01D #1D85B0 #911DB0

square

#B0481D #3CB01D #1D85B0 #911DB0

split-complementary

#B0481D #1DB091 #1D3CB0

monochromatic

#471D0C #7B3314 #B0481D #DD612E #E58962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B0481D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B0481D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0481D

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0481D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0481D	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0481d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 72, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.146 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07e5d',
    500: '#b0481d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0481d;
$custom-light: #d07e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0481d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.551,
    "s": 71.707,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53387,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0481D

secondary

#5FABCA

accent

#B9EE39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0481D

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

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