#B15E44#B15E44

#B15E44 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.115 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B15E44
RGB	rgb(177, 94, 68)
HSL	hsl(14, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.9%, 61.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 31.27, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 43.21, 43.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.0903 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.115 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1794, 17.7724, 7.6774)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B15E44 #4497B1

analogous

#B14460 #B15E44 #B19444

triadic

#B15E44 #44B15E #5E44B1

tetradic

#B15E44 #60B144 #4497B1 #9444B1

square

#B15E44 #60B144 #4497B1 #9444B1

split-complementary

#B15E44 #44B194 #4460B1

monochromatic

#592F22 #854733 #B15E44 #C6816C #D7A798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B15E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#B15E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B15E44

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B15E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B15E44	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b15e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 94, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.115 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8d78',
    500: '#b15e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b15e44;
$custom-light: #cd8d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b15e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.312,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.574,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B15E44

secondary

#8DB7C3

accent

#B6D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B15E44

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

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