#B34A23#B34A23

#B34A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.146 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34A23
RGB	rgb(179, 74, 35)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 40.60, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 59.19, 46.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.1129 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.146 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3448, 14.6055, 3.2850)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34A23 #238CB3

analogous

#B32344 #B34A23 #B39223

triadic

#B34A23 #23B34A #4A23B3

tetradic

#B34A23 #44B323 #238CB3 #9223B3

square

#B34A23 #44B323 #238CB3 #9223B3

split-complementary

#B34A23 #23B392 #2344B3

monochromatic

#4D200F #803519 #B34A23 #D9653B #E38D6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#B34A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#B34A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34A23

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34A23	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)

#685C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81741F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 74, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.146 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28061',
    500: '#b34a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34a23;
$custom-light: #d28061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.25,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54194,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34A23

secondary

#69AFC9

accent

#BBEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34A23

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

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