#B45E43#B45E43

#B45E43 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.119 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45E43
RGB	rgb(180, 94, 67)
HSL	hsl(14, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 32.41, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 44.85, 43.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% 0.0934 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.119 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8402, 18.1166, 7.5505)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45E43 #4399B4

analogous

#B44360 #B45E43 #B49643

triadic

#B45E43 #43B45E #5E43B4

tetradic

#B45E43 #60B443 #4399B4 #9643B4

square

#B45E43 #60B443 #4399B4 #9643B4

split-complementary

#B45E43 #43B496 #4360B4

monochromatic

#5B2F22 #874732 #B45E43 #C8826C #D9A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#B45E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#B45E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45E43

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45E43	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 94, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.119 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8d78',
    500: '#b45e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45e43;
$custom-light: #cf8d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.336,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57804,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45E43

secondary

#8EB8C5

accent

#B6D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45E43

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

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