#B4401E#B4401E

#B4401E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.158 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4401E
RGB	rgb(180, 64, 30)
HSL	hsl(14, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 83.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, 45.47, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 63.27, 44.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.98% 0.1269 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(52.98% 0.158 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8925, 13.4669, 2.7273)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4401E #1E92B4

analogous

#B41E47 #B4401E #B48B1E

triadic

#B4401E #1EB440 #401EB4

tetradic

#B4401E #47B41E #1E92B4 #8B1EB4

square

#B4401E #47B41E #1E92B4 #8B1EB4

split-complementary

#B4401E #1EB48B #1E47B4

monochromatic

#4B1B0D #802D15 #B4401E #DD5932 #E68467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#B4401E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B4401E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4401E

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4401E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4401E	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C61F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4401e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 64, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.158 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37a5d',
    500: '#b4401e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4401e;
$custom-light: #d37a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4401e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52982,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4401E

secondary

#63B3CB

accent

#C5EE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4401E

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

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