#B4642E#B4642E

#B4642E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.123 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4642E
RGB	rgb(180, 100, 46)
HSL	hsl(24, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(24, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 27.95, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 51.62, 57.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.0762 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.123 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8748, 19.0175, 4.9977)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4642E #2E7EB4

analogous

#B42E3B #B4642E #B4A72E

triadic

#B4642E #2EB464 #642EB4

tetradic

#B4642E #3BB42E #2E7EB4 #A72EB4

square

#B4642E #3BB42E #2E7EB4 #A72EB4

split-complementary

#B4642E #2EB4A7 #2E3BB4

monochromatic

#532E15 #834922 #B4642E #D2834E #DEA57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#B4642E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B4642E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4642E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4642E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4642E	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#7B6E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E802D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4642e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 100, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.123 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0916a',
    500: '#b4642e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4642e;
$custom-light: #d0916a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4642e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.179,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58545,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4642E

secondary

#77A7C7

accent

#A3E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4642E

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

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