#B34C23#B34C23

#B34C23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.145 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34C23
RGB	rgb(179, 76, 35)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 39.62, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 58.79, 47.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1099 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.145 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4805, 14.8768, 3.3302)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34C23 #238AB3

analogous

#B32342 #B34C23 #B39423

triadic

#B34C23 #23B34C #4C23B3

tetradic

#B34C23 #42B323 #238AB3 #9423B3

square

#B34C23 #42B323 #238AB3 #9423B3

split-complementary

#B34C23 #23B394 #2342B3

monochromatic

#4D210F #803619 #B34C23 #D9683B #E38F6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#B34C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B34C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34C23

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34C23	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 76, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.145 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18161',
    500: '#b34c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34c23;
$custom-light: #d18161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.083,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54479,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34C23

secondary

#69AEC9

accent

#B9EA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34C23

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

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