#B4821C#B4821C

#B4821C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.125 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4821C
RGB	rgb(180, 130, 28)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 10.63, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 58.33, 79.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.023 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.125 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0166, 25.7546, 4.6466)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4821C #1C4EB4

analogous

#B4361C #B4821C #9AB41C

triadic

#B4821C #1CB482 #821CB4

tetradic

#B4821C #1CB436 #1C4EB4 #B41C9A

square

#B4821C #1CB436 #1C4EB4 #B41C9A

split-complementary

#B4821C #1C9AB4 #361CB4

monochromatic

#4A350C #7F5C14 #B4821C #DFA52F #E7BC64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B4821C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B4821C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4821C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4821C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4821C	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4821c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 130, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.125 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a663',
    500: '#b4821c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4821c;
$custom-light: #d0a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4821c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.263,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64013,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4821C

secondary

#6084CC

accent

#74F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4821C

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

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