#B4781B#B4781B

#B4781B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.124 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4781B
RGB	rgb(180, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 16.17, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 57.86, 73.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.0389 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.124 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7387, 23.2178, 4.1626)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4781B #1B57B4

analogous

#B42C1B #B4781B #A3B41B

triadic

#B4781B #1BB478 #781BB4

tetradic

#B4781B #1BB42C #1B57B4 #B41BA3

square

#B4781B #1BB42C #1B57B4 #B41BA3

split-complementary

#B4781B #1BA3B4 #2C1BB4

monochromatic

#4A310B #7F5513 #B4781B #DF992D #E7B362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B4781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B4781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4781B

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4781B	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.124 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09f61',
    500: '#b4781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4781b;
$custom-light: #d09f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62055,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4781B

secondary

#5F8ACC

accent

#80F137

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4781B

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

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