#B4821F#B4821F

#B4821F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.123 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4821F
RGB	rgb(180, 130, 31)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 10.72, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 57.41, 79.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0235 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.123 79)
XYZ	xyz(27.0543, 25.7697, 4.8452)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4821F #1F51B4

analogous

#B4381F #B4821F #9CB41F

triadic

#B4821F #1FB482 #821FB4

tetradic

#B4821F #1FB438 #1F51B4 #B41F9C

square

#B4821F #1FB438 #1F51B4 #B41F9C

split-complementary

#B4821F #1F9CB4 #381FB4

monochromatic

#4C370D #805C16 #B4821F #DCA434 #E5BB68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B4821F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B4821F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4821F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4821F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4821F	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)

#958406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4821f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 130, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.123 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a664',
    500: '#b4821f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4821f;
$custom-light: #d0a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4821f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.866,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64029,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.25767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4821F

secondary

#6487CB

accent

#76ED3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4821F

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

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