#B4501C#B4501C

#B4501C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.144 H 44.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4501C
RGB	rgb(180, 80, 28)
HSL	hsl(21, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(21, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 37.80, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 60.69, 51.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.1032 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.144 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9030, 15.5274, 2.9421)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4501C #1C80B4

analogous

#B41C34 #B4501C #B49C1C

triadic

#B4501C #1CB450 #501CB4

tetradic

#B4501C #34B41C #1C80B4 #9C1CB4

square

#B4501C #34B41C #1C80B4 #9C1CB4

split-complementary

#B4501C #1CB49C #1C34B4

monochromatic

#4A210C #7F3814 #B4501C #DF6B2F #E79064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B4501C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B4501C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4501C

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4501C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4501C	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4501c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 80, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.144 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2845d',
    500: '#b4501c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4501c;
$custom-light: #d2845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4501c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.526,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55166,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4501C

secondary

#60A7CC

accent

#B1F038

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160B04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4501C

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

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