#B45E38#B45E38

#B45E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.123 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45E38
RGB	rgb(180, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 31.71, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 48.66, 49.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.0893 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.123 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5410, 17.9969, 5.9747)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45E38 #388EB4

analogous

#B43850 #B45E38 #B49C38

triadic

#B45E38 #38B45E #5E38B4

tetradic

#B45E38 #50B438 #388EB4 #9C38B4

square

#B45E38 #50B438 #388EB4 #9C38B4

split-complementary

#B45E38 #38B49C #3850B4

monochromatic

#572D1B #854629 #B45E38 #CD7F5D #DBA48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#B45E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#B45E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45E38

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45E38	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.123 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08d70',
    500: '#b45e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45e38;
$custom-light: #d08d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.387,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57647,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45E38

secondary

#82B1C5

accent

#B0DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45E38

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

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