#B14523#B14523

#B14523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.149 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14523
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 35)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 42.24, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 59.38, 44.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1181 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.149 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5652, 13.7276, 3.1566)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14523 #238FB1

analogous

#B12348 #B14523 #B18C23

triadic

#B14523 #23B145 #4523B1

tetradic

#B14523 #48B123 #238FB1 #8C23B1

square

#B14523 #48B123 #238FB1 #8C23B1

split-complementary

#B14523 #23B18C #2348B1

monochromatic

#4B1D0F #7E3119 #B14523 #D85F39 #E2896C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B14523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B14523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14523

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14523	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.149 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07d60',
    500: '#b14523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14523;
$custom-light: #d07d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.366,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53184,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14523

secondary

#68B1C8

accent

#C1EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14523

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

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