#B85638#B85638

#B85638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.135 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85638
RGB	rgb(184, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, 37.49, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 51.88, 43.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1066 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.135 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8110, 17.1344, 5.7940)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85638 #389AB8

analogous

#B8385A #B85638 #B89638

triadic

#B85638 #38B856 #5638B8

tetradic

#B85638 #5AB838 #389AB8 #9638B8

square

#B85638 #5AB838 #389AB8 #9638B8

split-complementary

#B85638 #38B896 #385AB8

monochromatic

#5A2A1B #89402A #B85638 #CE795F #DDA08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B85638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B85638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85638

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85638	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.135 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48870',
    500: '#b85638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85638;
$custom-light: #d48870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.063,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56956,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85638

secondary

#85B8C7

accent

#BBDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85638

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

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