#B0553E#B0553E

#B0553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.124 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0553E
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 64.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 35.23, 30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 46.65, 40.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.1016 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.124 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0244, 16.0775, 6.4999)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0553E #3E99B0

analogous

#B03E60 #B0553E #B08E3E

triadic

#B0553E #3EB055 #553EB0

tetradic

#B0553E #60B03E #3E99B0 #8E3EB0

square

#B0553E #60B03E #3E99B0 #8E3EB0

split-complementary

#B0553E #3EB08E #3E60B0

monochromatic

#55291E #833F2E #B0553E #C87763 #D89F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B0553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B0553E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0553E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0553E	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D633C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.124 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8774',
    500: '#b0553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0553e;
$custom-light: #cd8774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.105,
    "s": 47.899,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55707,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0553E

secondary

#87B7C3

accent

#BCD750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0553E

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

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