#B54523#B54523

#B54523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.153 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B54523
RGB	rgb(181, 69, 35)
HSL	hsl(14, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 80.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 43.72, 42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 61.07, 44.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1223 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.153 37)
XYZ	xyz(21.4899, 14.2044, 3.1999)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B54523 #2393B5

analogous

#B5234A #B54523 #B58E23

triadic

#B54523 #23B545 #4523B5

tetradic

#B54523 #4AB523 #2393B5 #8E23B5

square

#B54523 #4AB523 #2393B5 #8E23B5

split-complementary

#B54523 #23B58E #234AB5

monochromatic

#4E1E0F #823119 #B54523 #D9613C #E38A6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#B54523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#B54523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B54523

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B54523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B54523	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80731F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7283E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b54523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 69, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.153 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37d61',
    500: '#b54523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b54523;
$custom-light: #d37d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b54523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.973,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53832,
    "c": 0.15305,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.14201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B54523

secondary

#6AB3CA

accent

#C2EA3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B54523

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

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