#B14938#B14938

#B14938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.140 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14938
RGB	rgb(177, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 41.29, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 51.84, 37.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.1192 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.14 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2299, 14.4005, 5.4023)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14938 #38A0B1

analogous

#B13863 #B14938 #B18538

triadic

#B14938 #38B149 #4938B1

tetradic

#B14938 #63B138 #38A0B1 #8538B1

square

#B14938 #63B138 #38A0B1 #8538B1

split-complementary

#B14938 #38B185 #3863B1

monochromatic

#54231B #833629 #B14938 #CB6B5B #DA958A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B14938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B14938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14938

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14938	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.140 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f6f',
    500: '#b14938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14938;
$custom-light: #cf7f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.43,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53986,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14938

secondary

#81BBC4

accent

#C7DB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14938

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

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