#B15941#B15941

#B15941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.121 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15941
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 65)
HSL	hsl(13, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 63.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 33.73, 30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 45.24, 41.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.0974 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.121 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6599, 16.8761, 7.0641)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15941 #4199B1

analogous

#B14161 #B15941 #B19141

triadic

#B15941 #41B159 #5941B1

tetradic

#B15941 #61B141 #4199B1 #9141B1

square

#B15941 #61B141 #4199B1 #9141B1

split-complementary

#B15941 #41B191 #4161B1

monochromatic

#572C20 #844231 #B15941 #C77C68 #D8A395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B15941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B15941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15941

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15941	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.121 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8a76',
    500: '#b15941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15941;
$custom-light: #cd8a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56534,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15941

secondary

#8AB7C3

accent

#BAD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15941

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

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