#B14F38#B14F38

#B14F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.133 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14F38
RGB	rgb(177, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 38.33, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 50.37, 40.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.1099 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.133 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6433, 15.2273, 5.5401)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14F38 #389AB1

analogous

#B1385D #B14F38 #B18B38

triadic

#B14F38 #38B14F #4F38B1

tetradic

#B14F38 #5DB138 #389AB1 #8B38B1

square

#B14F38 #5DB138 #389AB1 #8B38B1

split-complementary

#B14F38 #38B18B #385DB1

monochromatic

#54251B #833A29 #B14F38 #CB705B #DA998A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#B14F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B14F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14F38

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14F38	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.133 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce836f',
    500: '#b14f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14f38;
$custom-light: #ce836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.405,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54851,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14F38

secondary

#81B7C4

accent

#C0DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14F38

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

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