#B45A36#B45A36

#B45A36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.127 H 41.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45A36
RGB	rgb(180, 90, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 33.72, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 50.06, 47.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.0951 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.127 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1465, 17.2847, 5.6067)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45A36 #3690B4

analogous

#B43651 #B45A36 #B49936

triadic

#B45A36 #36B45A #5A36B4

tetradic

#B45A36 #51B436 #3690B4 #9936B4

square

#B45A36 #51B436 #3690B4 #9936B4

split-complementary

#B45A36 #36B499 #3651B4

monochromatic

#562B1A #854228 #B45A36 #CD7B5A #DCA089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B45A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B45A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45A36

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45A36	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 90, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.127 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08a6e',
    500: '#b45a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45a36;
$custom-light: #d08a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5697,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45A36

secondary

#80B2C6

accent

#B3DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45A36

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

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