#B4491B#B4491B

#B4491B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.150 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4491B
RGB	rgb(180, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(18, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 41.22, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 62.32, 48.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1134 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.15 41)
XYZ	xyz(21.4051, 14.5505, 2.7181)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4491B #1B86B4

analogous

#B41B3A #B4491B #B4951B

triadic

#B4491B #1BB449 #491BB4

tetradic

#B4491B #3AB41B #1B86B4 #951BB4

square

#B4491B #3AB41B #1B86B4 #951BB4

split-complementary

#B4491B #1BB495 #1B3AB4

monochromatic

#4A1E0B #7F3313 #B4491B #DF622D #E78A62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B4491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B4491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4491B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4491B	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.150 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37f5c',
    500: '#b4491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4491b;
$custom-light: #d37f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.039,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5415,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.14548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4491B

secondary

#5FABCC

accent

#B9F137

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4491B

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

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