#B4541C#B4541C

#B4541C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.141 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4541C
RGB	rgb(180, 84, 28)
HSL	hsl(22, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(22, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 35.77, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 60.00, 53.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.097 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.141 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2046, 16.1307, 3.0426)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4541C #1C7CB4

analogous

#B41C30 #B4541C #B4A01C

triadic

#B4541C #1CB454 #541CB4

tetradic

#B4541C #30B41C #1C7CB4 #A01CB4

square

#B4541C #30B41C #1C7CB4 #A01CB4

split-complementary

#B4541C #1CB4A0 #1C30B4

monochromatic

#4A230C #7F3B14 #B4541C #DF6F2F #E79464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B4541C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B4541C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4541C

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4541C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4541C	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4541c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 84, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.141 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2865e',
    500: '#b4541c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4541c;
$custom-light: #d2865e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4541c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55773,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4541C

secondary

#60A4CC

accent

#ACF038

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160B04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4541C

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

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