#B4831B#B4831B

#B4831B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.125 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4831B
RGB	rgb(180, 131, 27)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 10.05, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 58.74, 80.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.0212 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.125 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1385, 26.0172, 4.6292)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4831B #1B4CB4

analogous

#B4361B #B4831B #98B41B

triadic

#B4831B #1BB483 #831BB4

tetradic

#B4831B #1BB436 #1B4CB4 #B41B98

square

#B4831B #1BB436 #1B4CB4 #B41B98

split-complementary

#B4831B #1B98B4 #361BB4

monochromatic

#4A360B #7F5C13 #B4831B #DFA62D #E7BD62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B4831B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B4831B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4831B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4831B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4831B	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4831b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 131, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.125 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a663',
    500: '#b4831b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4831b;
$custom-light: #d0a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4831b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.784,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64208,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4831B

secondary

#5F82CC

accent

#73F137

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4831B

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

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