#B4491F#B4491F

#B4491F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.149 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4491F
RGB	rgb(180, 73, 31)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 41.33, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 61.09, 47.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1144 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.149 40)
XYZ	xyz(21.4546, 14.5703, 2.9787)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4491F #1F8AB4

analogous

#B41F40 #B4491F #B4941F

triadic

#B4491F #1FB449 #491FB4

tetradic

#B4491F #40B41F #1F8AB4 #941FB4

square

#B4491F #40B41F #1F8AB4 #941FB4

split-complementary

#B4491F #1FB494 #1F40B4

monochromatic

#4C1F0D #803416 #B4491F #DC6334 #E58C68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B4491F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B4491F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4491F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4491F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4491F	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)

#675C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4491f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 73, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.149 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37f5e',
    500: '#b4491f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4491f;
$custom-light: #d37f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4491f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.913,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54179,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.14567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4491F

secondary

#64AECB

accent

#BBED3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4491F

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

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