#B4801B#B4801B

#B4801B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.125 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4801B
RGB	rgb(180, 128, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 11.72, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 58.42, 78.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.026 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.125 78)
XYZ	xyz(26.7414, 25.2230, 4.4968)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4801B #1B4FB4

analogous

#B4341B #B4801B #9BB41B

triadic

#B4801B #1BB480 #801BB4

tetradic

#B4801B #1BB434 #1B4FB4 #B41B9B

square

#B4801B #1BB434 #1B4FB4 #B41B9B

split-complementary

#B4801B #1B9BB4 #341BB4

monochromatic

#4A340B #7F5A13 #B4801B #DFA32D #E7BA62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B4801B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#B4801B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4801B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4801B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4801B	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4801b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 128, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.125 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a462',
    500: '#b4801b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4801b;
$custom-light: #d0a462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4801b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.608,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63612,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.25221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4801B

secondary

#5F84CC

accent

#76F137

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4801B

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

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