#B8553E#B8553E

#B8553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.134 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8553E
RGB	rgb(184, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 38.34, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 50.18, 40.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1104 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.134 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8874, 17.0381, 6.5873)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8553E #3EA1B8

analogous

#B83E64 #B8553E #B8923E

triadic

#B8553E #3EB855 #553EB8

tetradic

#B8553E #64B83E #3EA1B8 #923EB8

square

#B8553E #64B83E #3EA1B8 #923EB8

split-complementary

#B8553E #3EB892 #3E64B8

monochromatic

#5C2B1F #8A402F #B8553E #CC7A67 #DBA295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B8553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B8553E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8553E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8553E	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F653B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.134 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38774',
    500: '#b8553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8553e;
$custom-light: #d38774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.311,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56889,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8553E

secondary

#8BBCC7

accent

#BFD94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8553E

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

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