#B45E44#B45E44

#B45E44 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.118 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45E44
RGB	rgb(180, 94, 68)
HSL	hsl(14, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 32.48, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 44.52, 43.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.0937 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.118 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8704, 18.1287, 7.7098)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45E44 #449AB4

analogous

#B44462 #B45E44 #B49644

triadic

#B45E44 #44B45E #5E44B4

tetradic

#B45E44 #62B444 #449AB4 #9644B4

square

#B45E44 #62B444 #449AB4 #9644B4

split-complementary

#B45E44 #44B496 #4462B4

monochromatic

#5B3022 #884733 #B45E44 #C8826D #D9A89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#B45E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#B45E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45E44

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45E44	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 94, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.118 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8d78',
    500: '#b45e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45e44;
$custom-light: #cf8d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.929,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5782,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45E44

secondary

#8FB8C5

accent

#B7D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45E44

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

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