#B4642A#B4642A

#B4642A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.125 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4642A
RGB	rgb(180, 100, 42)
HSL	hsl(25, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(25, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 27.77, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 53.12, 58.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.075 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.125 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7996, 18.9875, 4.6016)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4642A #2A7AB4

analogous

#B42A35 #B4642A #B4A92A

triadic

#B4642A #2AB464 #642AB4

tetradic

#B4642A #35B42A #2A7AB4 #A92AB4

square

#B4642A #35B42A #2A7AB4 #A92AB4

split-complementary

#B4642A #2AB4A9 #2A35B4

monochromatic

#512D13 #82481E #B4642A #D48247 #E0A479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B4642A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B4642A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4642A

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4642A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4642A	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4642a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 100, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.125 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19167',
    500: '#b4642a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4642a;
$custom-light: #d19167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4642a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58507,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4642A

secondary

#72A4C8

accent

#A1E543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4642A

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

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