#B45231#B45231

#B45231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.136 H 38.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45231
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 37.60, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 53.32, 45.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.1061 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.136 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3962, 15.9625, 4.8068)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45231 #3193B4

analogous

#B43151 #B45231 #B49431

triadic

#B45231 #31B452 #5231B4

tetradic

#B45231 #51B431 #3193B4 #9431B4

square

#B45231 #51B431 #3193B4 #9431B4

split-complementary

#B45231 #31B494 #3151B4

monochromatic

#542617 #843C24 #B45231 #D07252 #DD9982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B45231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B45231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45231

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45231	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.136 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1856a',
    500: '#b45231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45231;
$custom-light: #d1856a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.115,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55663,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45231

secondary

#7BB3C6

accent

#BAE047

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45231

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

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