#B85A3E#B85A3E

#B85A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.129 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85A3E
RGB	rgb(184, 90, 62)
HSL	hsl(14, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 35.78, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 49.06, 43.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1024 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.129 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2950, 17.8534, 6.7231)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85A3E #3E9CB8

analogous

#B83E5F #B85A3E #B8973E

triadic

#B85A3E #3EB85A #5A3EB8

tetradic

#B85A3E #5FB83E #3E9CB8 #973EB8

square

#B85A3E #5FB83E #3E9CB8 #973EB8

split-complementary

#B85A3E #3EB897 #3E5FB8

monochromatic

#5C2D1F #8A442F #B85A3E #CC7E67 #DBA595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B85A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B85A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B85A3E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B85A3E	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 90, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.129 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38b74',
    500: '#b85a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85a3e;
$custom-light: #d38b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.77,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57657,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85A3E

secondary

#8BB9C7

accent

#B9D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85A3E

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

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