#B05940#B05940

#B05940 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.120 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05940
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 33.26, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 45.12, 42.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.0958 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.12 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4042, 16.7476, 6.9023)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05940 #4097B0

analogous

#B0405F #B05940 #B09140

triadic

#B05940 #40B059 #5940B0

tetradic

#B05940 #5FB040 #4097B0 #9140B0

square

#B05940 #5FB040 #4097B0 #9140B0

split-complementary

#B05940 #40B091 #405FB0

monochromatic

#562C1F #834230 #B05940 #C77C66 #D8A293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B05940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B05940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05940

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05940	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.120 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8975',
    500: '#b05940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05940;
$custom-light: #cd8975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.393,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56375,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05940

secondary

#89B6C3

accent

#B9D651

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05940

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

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