#B56249#B56249

#B56249 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.114 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56249
RGB	rgb(181, 98, 73)
HSL	hsl(14, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, 31.10, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 42.52, 42.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.0902 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.114 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6282, 19.0428, 8.6807)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56249 #499CB5

analogous

#B54966 #B56249 #B59849

triadic

#B56249 #49B562 #6249B5

tetradic

#B56249 #66B549 #499CB5 #9849B5

square

#B56249 #66B549 #499CB5 #9849B5

split-complementary

#B56249 #49B598 #4966B5

monochromatic

#5E3326 #894A37 #B56249 #C78774 #D9ADA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#B56249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#B56249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56249

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56249	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5535C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 98, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.114 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0907c',
    500: '#b56249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56249;
$custom-light: #d0907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58703,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56249

secondary

#94BAC5

accent

#B5D255

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56249

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

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