#B44E23#B44E23

#B44E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.144 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44E23
RGB	rgb(180, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 80.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 39.02, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 58.82, 48.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.108 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.144 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8524, 15.2763, 3.3877)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44E23 #2389B4

analogous

#B42341 #B44E23 #B49723

triadic

#B44E23 #23B44E #4E23B4

tetradic

#B44E23 #41B423 #2389B4 #9723B4

square

#B44E23 #41B423 #2389B4 #9723B4

split-complementary

#B44E23 #23B497 #2341B4

monochromatic

#4E220F #813819 #B44E23 #D96A3B #E3916E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B44E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B44E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44E23

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44E23	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.144 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28261',
    500: '#b44e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44e23;
$custom-light: #d28261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.793,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54925,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44E23

secondary

#69ADC9

accent

#B7EA3D

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44E23

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

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