#B4811B#B4811B

#B4811B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.125 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4811B
RGB	rgb(180, 129, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 11.16, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 58.52, 79.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0244 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.125 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8725, 25.4852, 4.5405)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4811B #1B4EB4

analogous

#B4341B #B4811B #9AB41B

triadic

#B4811B #1BB481 #811BB4

tetradic

#B4811B #1BB434 #1B4EB4 #B41B9A

square

#B4811B #1BB434 #1B4EB4 #B41B9A

split-complementary

#B4811B #1B9AB4 #341BB4

monochromatic

#4A350B #7F5B13 #B4811B #DFA42D #E7BB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B4811B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#B4811B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4811B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4811B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4811B	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A18F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4811b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 129, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.125 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a562',
    500: '#b4811b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4811b;
$custom-light: #d0a562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4811b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6381,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4811B

secondary

#5F83CC

accent

#75F137

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4811B

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

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