#B45D38#B45D38

#B45D38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.124 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45D38
RGB	rgb(180, 93, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 32.24, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 48.83, 48.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.0909 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.124 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4526, 17.8202, 5.9452)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45D38 #388FB4

analogous

#B43851 #B45D38 #B49B38

triadic

#B45D38 #38B45D #5D38B4

tetradic

#B45D38 #51B438 #388FB4 #9B38B4

square

#B45D38 #51B438 #388FB4 #9B38B4

split-complementary

#B45D38 #38B49B #3851B4

monochromatic

#572D1B #854529 #B45D38 #CD7E5D #DBA38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B45D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#B45D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45D38

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45D38	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 93, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.124 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08c70',
    500: '#b45d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45d38;
$custom-light: #d08c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.903,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57482,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45D38

secondary

#82B1C5

accent

#B1DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45D38

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

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