#B4491E#B4491E

#B4491E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.150 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4491E
RGB	rgb(180, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 83.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 41.30, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 61.40, 47.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.1141 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.15 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4416, 14.5651, 2.9103)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4491E #1E89B4

analogous

#B41E3E #B4491E #B4941E

triadic

#B4491E #1EB449 #491EB4

tetradic

#B4491E #3EB41E #1E89B4 #941EB4

square

#B4491E #3EB41E #1E89B4 #941EB4

split-complementary

#B4491E #1EB494 #1E3EB4

monochromatic

#4B1E0D #803415 #B4491E #DD6332 #E68B67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B4491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B4491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4491E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4491E	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)

#675C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.150 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37f5e',
    500: '#b4491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4491e;
$custom-light: #d37f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54171,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4491E

secondary

#63ADCB

accent

#BAEE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4491E

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

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