#B4542E#B4542E

#B4542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.135 H 41.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4542E
RGB	rgb(180, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 36.43, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 53.96, 47.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.102 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.135 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4880, 16.2440, 4.5354)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4542E #2E8EB4

analogous

#B42E4B #B4542E #B4972E

triadic

#B4542E #2EB454 #542EB4

tetradic

#B4542E #4BB42E #2E8EB4 #972EB4

square

#B4542E #4BB42E #2E8EB4 #972EB4

split-complementary

#B4542E #2EB497 #2E4BB4

monochromatic

#532715 #833D22 #B4542E #D2734E #DE997E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B4542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B4542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4542E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4542E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E632A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5404C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.135 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18669',
    500: '#b4542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4542e;
$custom-light: #d18669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.015,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55932,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4542E

secondary

#77B0C7

accent

#B6E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4542E

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

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