#B44522#B44522

#B44522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.152 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B44522
RGB	rgb(180, 69, 34)
HSL	hsl(14, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 43.32, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 60.96, 44.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.121 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.152 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2416, 14.0780, 3.1119)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B44522 #2291B4

analogous

#B42248 #B44522 #B48E22

triadic

#B44522 #22B445 #4522B4

tetradic

#B44522 #48B422 #2291B4 #8E22B4

square

#B44522 #48B422 #2291B4 #8E22B4

split-complementary

#B44522 #22B48E #2248B4

monochromatic

#4D1E0F #813118 #B44522 #DA603A #E3896D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#B44522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B44522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B44522

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B44522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B44522	1.00	5.50	3.81	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65591D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b44522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 69, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.152 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37d60',
    500: '#b44522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b44522;
$custom-light: #d37d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b44522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.384,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53661,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B44522

secondary

#68B2CA

accent

#C1EB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B44522

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

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