#B34E24#B34E24

#B34E24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.143 H 41.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34E24
RGB	rgb(179, 78, 36)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 79.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 38.67, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 58.07, 48.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.1071 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.143 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6355, 15.1627, 3.4561)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34E24 #2489B3

analogous

#B32442 #B34E24 #B39524

triadic

#B34E24 #24B34E #4E24B3

tetradic

#B34E24 #42B324 #2489B3 #9524B3

square

#B34E24 #42B324 #2489B3 #9524B3

split-complementary

#B34E24 #24B395 #2442B3

monochromatic

#4D2210 #80381A #B34E24 #D86A3C #E2916F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B34E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B34E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34E24

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34E24	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 78, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.143 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18262',
    500: '#b34e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34e24;
$custom-light: #d18262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.622,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54779,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34E24

secondary

#6AADC9

accent

#B7E93E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34E24

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

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