#B34A22#B34A22

#B34A22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.147 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34A22
RGB	rgb(179, 74, 34)
HSL	hsl(17, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 40.57, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 59.51, 47.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.1126 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.147 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3302, 14.5997, 3.2079)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34A22 #228BB3

analogous

#B32242 #B34A22 #B39322

triadic

#B34A22 #22B34A #4A22B3

tetradic

#B34A22 #42B322 #228BB3 #9322B3

square

#B34A22 #42B322 #228BB3 #9322B3

split-complementary

#B34A22 #22B393 #2242B3

monochromatic

#4C1F0E #803518 #B34A22 #D96539 #E38D6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#B34A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#B34A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34A22

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34A22	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81741E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 74, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.147 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28060',
    500: '#b34a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34a22;
$custom-light: #d28060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54185,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34A22

secondary

#68AEC9

accent

#BBEB3D

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34A22

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

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