#B8502F#B8502F

#B8502F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.143 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8502F
RGB	rgb(184, 80, 47)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 40.05, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 56.12, 44.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1129 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.143 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1512, 16.1359, 4.5842)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8502F #2F97B8

analogous

#B82F52 #B8502F #B8952F

triadic

#B8502F #2FB850 #502FB8

tetradic

#B8502F #52B82F #2F97B8 #952FB8

square

#B8502F #52B82F #2F97B8 #952FB8

split-complementary

#B8502F #2FB895 #2F52B8

monochromatic

#572616 #873B23 #B8502F #D37152 #DF9982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B8502F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B8502F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8502F

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8502F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8502F	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D612B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8502f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 80, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.143 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48469',
    500: '#b8502f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8502f;
$custom-light: #d48469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8502f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.453,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55953,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8502F

secondary

#7BB6C8

accent

#BDE245

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8502F

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

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