#B4542F#B4542F

#B4542F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.135 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4542F
RGB	rgb(180, 84, 47)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 36.48, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 53.61, 47.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1023 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.135 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5080, 16.2520, 4.6405)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4542F #2F8FB4

analogous

#B42F4C #B4542F #B4972F

triadic

#B4542F #2FB454 #542FB4

tetradic

#B4542F #4CB42F #2F8FB4 #972FB4

square

#B4542F #4CB42F #2F8FB4 #972FB4

split-complementary

#B4542F #2FB497 #2F4CB4

monochromatic

#532716 #833D22 #B4542F #D1734F #DE9A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B4542F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B4542F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4542F

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4542F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4542F	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)

#6E632B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5404C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4542f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 84, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.135 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18669',
    500: '#b4542f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4542f;
$custom-light: #d18669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4542f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.692,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55944,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4542F

secondary

#78B1C7

accent

#B6E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4542F

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

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