#B4541B#B4541B

#B4541B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.141 H 46.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4541B
RGB	rgb(180, 84, 27)
HSL	hsl(22, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(22, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 35.74, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 60.31, 53.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.0968 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.141 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1928, 16.1260, 2.9807)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4541B #1B7BB4

analogous

#B41B2E #B4541B #B4A01B

triadic

#B4541B #1BB454 #541BB4

tetradic

#B4541B #2EB41B #1B7BB4 #A01BB4

square

#B4541B #2EB41B #1B7BB4 #A01BB4

split-complementary

#B4541B #1BB4A0 #1B2EB4

monochromatic

#4A220B #7F3B13 #B4541B #DF6F2D #E79462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B4541B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B4541B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4541B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4541B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4541B	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4541b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 84, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.141 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2865d',
    500: '#b4541b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4541b;
$custom-light: #d2865d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4541b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.353,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55766,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4541B

secondary

#5FA3CC

accent

#ACF137

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160B04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4541B

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

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