#B45E31#B45E31

#B45E31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.126 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45E31
RGB	rgb(180, 94, 49)
HSL	hsl(21, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 31.33, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 51.22, 52.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.0869 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.126 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3816, 17.9332, 5.1353)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45E31 #3187B4

analogous

#B43145 #B45E31 #B4A031

triadic

#B45E31 #31B45E #5E31B4

tetradic

#B45E31 #45B431 #3187B4 #A031B4

square

#B45E31 #45B431 #3187B4 #A031B4

split-complementary

#B45E31 #31B4A0 #3145B4

monochromatic

#542C17 #844524 #B45E31 #D07D52 #DDA282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#B45E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#B45E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45E31

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45E31	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 94, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.126 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08d6b',
    500: '#b45e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45e31;
$custom-light: #d08d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.611,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57562,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45E31

secondary

#7BACC6

accent

#ACE047

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45E31

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

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