#B4481C#B4481C

#B4481C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.151 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4481C
RGB	rgb(180, 72, 28)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 41.72, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 62.22, 47.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1151 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.151 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3517, 14.4249, 2.7583)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4481C #1C88B4

analogous

#B41C3C #B4481C #B4941C

triadic

#B4481C #1CB448 #481CB4

tetradic

#B4481C #3CB41C #1C88B4 #941CB4

square

#B4481C #3CB41C #1C88B4 #941CB4

split-complementary

#B4481C #1CB494 #1C3CB4

monochromatic

#4A1E0C #7F3314 #B4481C #DF622F #E78A64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B4481C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B4481C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4481C

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4481C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4481C	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4481c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 72, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.151 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37f5d',
    500: '#b4481c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4481c;
$custom-light: #d37f5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4481c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.368,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54018,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4481C

secondary

#60ADCC

accent

#BBF038

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4481C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →