#B8543E#B8543E

#B8543E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.135 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8543E
RGB	rgb(184, 84, 62)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 38.85, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 50.41, 39.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.1119 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.135 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8092, 16.8817, 6.5612)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8543E #3EA2B8

analogous

#B83E65 #B8543E #B8913E

triadic

#B8543E #3EB854 #543EB8

tetradic

#B8543E #65B83E #3EA2B8 #913EB8

square

#B8543E #65B83E #3EA2B8 #913EB8

split-complementary

#B8543E #3EB891 #3E65B8

monochromatic

#5C2A1F #8A3F2F #B8543E #CC7967 #DBA295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B8543E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B8543E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8543E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8543E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8543E	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8543e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 84, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.135 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38774',
    500: '#b8543e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8543e;
$custom-light: #d38774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8543e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.82,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56739,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8543E

secondary

#8BBCC7

accent

#C0D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8543E

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

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