#B34522#B34522

#B34522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.151 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34522
RGB	rgb(179, 69, 34)
HSL	hsl(14, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 42.95, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 60.54, 44.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% 0.1199 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.151 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0096, 13.9584, 3.1010)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34522 #2290B3

analogous

#B32247 #B34522 #B38E22

triadic

#B34522 #22B345 #4522B3

tetradic

#B34522 #47B322 #2290B3 #8E22B3

square

#B34522 #47B322 #2290B3 #8E22B3

split-complementary

#B34522 #22B38E #2247B3

monochromatic

#4C1D0E #803118 #B34522 #D96039 #E3896C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B34522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B34522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34522

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34522	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 69, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.151 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27d60',
    500: '#b34522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34522;
$custom-light: #d27d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.483,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53499,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34522

secondary

#68B2C9

accent

#C1EB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34522

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

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