#B4861C#B4861C

#B4861C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.126 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4861C
RGB	rgb(180, 134, 28)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 8.41, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 58.83, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.0166 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.126 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5590, 26.8395, 4.8274)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4861C #1C4AB4

analogous

#B43A1C #B4861C #96B41C

triadic

#B4861C #1CB486 #861CB4

tetradic

#B4861C #1CB43A #1C4AB4 #B41C96

square

#B4861C #1CB43A #1C4AB4 #B41C96

split-complementary

#B4861C #1C96B4 #3A1CB4

monochromatic

#4A370C #7F5F14 #B4861C #DFA92F #E7BF64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B4861C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B4861C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B4861C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4861C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4861C	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C47873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4861c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 134, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.126 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a863',
    500: '#b4861c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4861c;
$custom-light: #d0a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4861c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64814,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4861C

secondary

#6081CC

accent

#70F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4861C

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

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