#B45F42#B45F42

#B45F42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.118 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45F42
RGB	rgb(180, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 31.80, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 44.98, 45.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.0913 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.118 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8999, 18.2837, 7.4237)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45F42 #4297B4

analogous

#B4425E #B45F42 #B49842

triadic

#B45F42 #42B45F #5F42B4

tetradic

#B45F42 #5EB442 #4297B4 #9842B4

square

#B45F42 #5EB442 #4297B4 #9842B4

split-complementary

#B45F42 #42B498 #425EB4

monochromatic

#5A3021 #874732 #B45F42 #C9836B #D9A897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#B45F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B45F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45F42

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45F42	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.118 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e77',
    500: '#b45f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45f42;
$custom-light: #cf8e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.263,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57953,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45F42

secondary

#8DB7C5

accent

#B4D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45F42

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

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