#B45C38#B45C38

#B45C38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.125 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45C38
RGB	rgb(180, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 32.77, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 49.00, 48.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.0925 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.125 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3654, 17.6458, 5.9161)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45C38 #3890B4

analogous

#B43852 #B45C38 #B49A38

triadic

#B45C38 #38B45C #5C38B4

tetradic

#B45C38 #52B438 #3890B4 #9A38B4

square

#B45C38 #52B438 #3890B4 #9A38B4

split-complementary

#B45C38 #38B49A #3852B4

monochromatic

#572C1B #854429 #B45C38 #CD7D5D #DBA28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#B45C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#B45C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45C38

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45C38	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.125 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08c70',
    500: '#b45c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45c38;
$custom-light: #d08c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.419,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57319,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45C38

secondary

#82B2C5

accent

#B2DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45C38

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

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