#B14A23#B14A23

#B14A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.144 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14A23
RGB	rgb(177, 74, 35)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, 39.84, 42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 58.35, 46.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1107 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.144 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8858, 14.3689, 3.2634)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14A23 #238AB1

analogous

#B12343 #B14A23 #B19123

triadic

#B14A23 #23B14A #4A23B1

tetradic

#B14A23 #43B123 #238AB1 #9123B1

square

#B14A23 #43B123 #238AB1 #9123B1

split-complementary

#B14A23 #23B191 #2343B1

monochromatic

#4B1F0F #7E3519 #B14A23 #D86539 #E28D6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B14A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B14A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14A23

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14A23	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80731F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 74, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.144 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08061',
    500: '#b14a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14a23;
$custom-light: #d08061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.479,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53879,
    "c": 0.1442,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14A23

secondary

#68AEC8

accent

#BBEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14A23

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

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