#B4552E#B4552E

#B4552E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.134 H 41.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4552E
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 35.92, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 53.77, 48.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1004 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.134 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5662, 16.4004, 4.5615)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4552E #2E8DB4

analogous

#B42E4A #B4552E #B4982E

triadic

#B4552E #2EB455 #552EB4

tetradic

#B4552E #4AB42E #2E8DB4 #982EB4

square

#B4552E #4AB42E #2E8DB4 #982EB4

split-complementary

#B4552E #2EB498 #2E4AB4

monochromatic

#532715 #833E22 #B4552E #D2744E #DE9A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B4552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B4552E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4552E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4552E	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5414D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.134 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18769',
    500: '#b4552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4552e;
$custom-light: #d18769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.463,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56086,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4552E

secondary

#77B0C7

accent

#B5E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4552E

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

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