#B4542B#B4542B

#B4542B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.136 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4542B
RGB	rgb(180, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 36.30, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 54.99, 48.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.101 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.136 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4310, 16.2212, 4.2348)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4542B #2B8BB4

analogous

#B42B46 #B4542B #B4982B

triadic

#B4542B #2BB454 #542BB4

tetradic

#B4542B #46B42B #2B8BB4 #982BB4

square

#B4542B #46B42B #2B8BB4 #982BB4

split-complementary

#B4542B #2BB498 #2B46B4

monochromatic

#512613 #833D1F #B4542B #D37249 #DF987A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B4542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B4542B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4542B

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4542B	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.136 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18667',
    500: '#b4542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4542b;
$custom-light: #d18667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.956,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.559,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4542B

secondary

#73AEC7

accent

#B4E543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4542B

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

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