#B4491C#B4491C

#B4491C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.150 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4491C
RGB	rgb(180, 73, 28)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 41.25, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 62.02, 48.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1137 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.15 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4169, 14.5552, 2.7801)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4491C #1C87B4

analogous

#B41C3B #B4491C #B4951C

triadic

#B4491C #1CB449 #491CB4

tetradic

#B4491C #3BB41C #1C87B4 #951CB4

square

#B4491C #3BB41C #1C87B4 #951CB4

split-complementary

#B4491C #1CB495 #1C3BB4

monochromatic

#4A1E0C #7F3414 #B4491C #DF632F #E78A64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B4491C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B4491C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4491C

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4491C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4491C	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)

#685B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4491c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 73, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.150 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37f5d',
    500: '#b4491c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4491c;
$custom-light: #d37f5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4491c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.763,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54157,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4491C

secondary

#60ACCC

accent

#B9F038

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4491C

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

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