#B4553E#B4553E

#B4553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.129 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4553E
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 36.80, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 48.42, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.106 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.129 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9424, 16.5509, 6.5430)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4553E #3E9DB4

analogous

#B43E62 #B4553E #B4903E

triadic

#B4553E #3EB455 #553EB4

tetradic

#B4553E #62B43E #3E9DB4 #903EB4

square

#B4553E #62B43E #3E9DB4 #903EB4

split-complementary

#B4553E #3EB490 #3E62B4

monochromatic

#592A1F #86402E #B4553E #CA7965 #DAA193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B4553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B4553E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4553E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4553E	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E643C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.129 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08774',
    500: '#b4553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4553e;
$custom-light: #d08774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.695,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56296,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4553E

secondary

#89B9C5

accent

#BED84F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4553E

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

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