#B8502E#B8502E

#B8502E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.143 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8502E
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 46)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 40.01, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 56.45, 44.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1125 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.143 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1313, 16.1280, 4.4792)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8502E #2E96B8

analogous

#B82E51 #B8502E #B8952E

triadic

#B8502E #2EB850 #502EB8

tetradic

#B8502E #51B82E #2E96B8 #952EB8

square

#B8502E #51B82E #2E96B8 #952EB8

split-complementary

#B8502E #2EB895 #2E51B8

monochromatic

#562516 #873B22 #B8502E #D37050 #DF9881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B8502E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B8502E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8502E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8502E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8502E	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D612A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8502e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.143 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48468',
    500: '#b8502e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8502e;
$custom-light: #d48468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8502e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.783,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55942,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8502E

secondary

#79B5C8

accent

#BCE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8502E

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

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