#B45F43#B45F43

#B45F43 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.118 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45F43
RGB	rgb(180, 95, 67)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 31.87, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 44.65, 44.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.0917 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.118 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9297, 18.2956, 7.5803)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45F43 #4398B4

analogous

#B4435F #B45F43 #B49743

triadic

#B45F43 #43B45F #5F43B4

tetradic

#B45F43 #5FB443 #4398B4 #9743B4

square

#B45F43 #5FB443 #4398B4 #9743B4

split-complementary

#B45F43 #43B497 #435FB4

monochromatic

#5B3022 #874732 #B45F43 #C8836C #D9A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#B45F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B45F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45F43

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45F43	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 95, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.118 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e78',
    500: '#b45f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45f43;
$custom-light: #cf8e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.867,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57969,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45F43

secondary

#8EB7C5

accent

#B5D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45F43

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

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