#B45A38#B45A38

#B45A38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.126 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45A38
RGB	rgb(180, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 33.83, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 49.36, 46.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.0958 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.126 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1944, 17.3039, 5.8592)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45A38 #3892B4

analogous

#B43854 #B45A38 #B49838

triadic

#B45A38 #38B45A #5A38B4

tetradic

#B45A38 #54B438 #3892B4 #9838B4

square

#B45A38 #54B438 #3892B4 #9838B4

split-complementary

#B45A38 #38B498 #3854B4

monochromatic

#572B1B #854329 #B45A38 #CD7B5D #DBA18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B45A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B45A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45A38

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45A38	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)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.126 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08a70',
    500: '#b45a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45a38;
$custom-light: #d08a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.452,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56996,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45A38

secondary

#82B3C5

accent

#B4DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45A38

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

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