#B36253#B36253

#B36253 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.108 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36253
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 83)
HSL	hsl(9, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 31.13, 23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 38.71, 36.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.092 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.108 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5211, 18.9461, 10.5475)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36253 #53A4B3

analogous

#B35374 #B36253 #B39253

triadic

#B36253 #53B362 #6253B3

tetradic

#B36253 #74B353 #53A4B3 #9253B3

square

#B36253 #74B353 #53A4B3 #9253B3

split-complementary

#B36253 #53B392 #5374B3

monochromatic

#61332B #8B4A3E #B36253 #C6897D #D9AFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B36253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B36253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36253

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36253	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2555E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.108 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9083',
    500: '#b36253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36253;
$custom-light: #ce9083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.375,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58613,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36253

secondary

#9CBFC6

accent

#BCCF59

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36253

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

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