#B45B38#B45B38

#B45B38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.126 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45B38
RGB	rgb(180, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 33.30, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 49.18, 47.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.0942 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.126 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2794, 17.4737, 5.8875)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45B38 #3891B4

analogous

#B43853 #B45B38 #B49938

triadic

#B45B38 #38B45B #5B38B4

tetradic

#B45B38 #53B438 #3891B4 #9938B4

square

#B45B38 #53B438 #3891B4 #9938B4

split-complementary

#B45B38 #38B499 #3853B4

monochromatic

#572C1B #854329 #B45B38 #CD7C5D #DBA28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#B45B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#B45B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45B38

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45B38	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.126 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08b70',
    500: '#b45b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45b38;
$custom-light: #d08b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.935,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57157,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45B38

secondary

#82B2C5

accent

#B3DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45B38

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

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