#B4512E#B4512E

#B4512E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.138 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4512E
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 37.96, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 54.54, 45.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1066 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.138 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2602, 15.7883, 4.4595)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4512E #2E91B4

analogous

#B42E4E #B4512E #B4942E

triadic

#B4512E #2EB451 #512EB4

tetradic

#B4512E #4EB42E #2E91B4 #942EB4

square

#B4512E #4EB42E #2E91B4 #942EB4

split-complementary

#B4512E #2EB494 #2E4EB4

monochromatic

#532515 #833B22 #B4512E #D2704E #DE977E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B4512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B4512E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4512E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4512E	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C612A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.138 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18468',
    500: '#b4512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4512e;
$custom-light: #d18468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.672,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55478,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4512E

secondary

#77B2C7

accent

#B9E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4512E

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

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