#B8543B#B8543B

#B8543B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.136 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8543B
RGB	rgb(184, 84, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 38.67, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 51.34, 41.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1108 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.136 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7291, 16.8497, 6.1396)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8543B #3B9FB8

analogous

#B83B61 #B8543B #B8923B

triadic

#B8543B #3BB854 #543BB8

tetradic

#B8543B #61B83B #3B9FB8 #923BB8

square

#B8543B #61B83B #3B9FB8 #923BB8

split-complementary

#B8543B #3BB892 #3B61B8

monochromatic

#5B2A1D #8A3F2C #B8543B #CD7863 #DCA092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B8543B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#B8543B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8543B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8543B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8543B	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8543b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 84, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.136 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38772',
    500: '#b8543b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8543b;
$custom-light: #d38772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8543b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56696,
    "c": 0.13564,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8543B

secondary

#88BAC7

accent

#BFDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8543B

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

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