#B5502F#B5502F

#B5502F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.140 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5502F
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 47)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 38.90, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 54.83, 44.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1096 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.14 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4400, 15.7692, 4.5509)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5502F #2F94B5

analogous

#B52F51 #B5502F #B5932F

triadic

#B5502F #2FB550 #502FB5

tetradic

#B5502F #51B52F #2F94B5 #932FB5

square

#B5502F #51B52F #2F94B5 #932FB5

split-complementary

#B5502F #2FB593 #2F51B5

monochromatic

#542516 #843B22 #B5502F #D17050 #DE9780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B5502F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B5502F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5502F

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5502F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5502F	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C612B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5502f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.140 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d28469',
    500: '#b5502f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5502f;
$custom-light: #d28469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5502f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.776,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55493,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5502F

secondary

#79B4C7

accent

#BCE246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5502F

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

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