#B85E41#B85E41

#B85E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.124 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B85E41
RGB	rgb(184, 94, 65)
HSL	hsl(15, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 33.87, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 47.24, 44.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.0971 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.124 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7261, 18.5802, 7.2842)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B85E41 #419BB8

analogous

#B84160 #B85E41 #B89A41

triadic

#B85E41 #41B85E #5E41B8

tetradic

#B85E41 #60B841 #419BB8 #9A41B8

square

#B85E41 #60B841 #419BB8 #9A41B8

split-complementary

#B85E41 #41B89A #4160B8

monochromatic

#5E3021 #8B4731 #B85E41 #CB836B #DBA999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B85E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B85E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B85E41

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B85E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B85E41	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b85e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 94, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.124 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38d76',
    500: '#b85e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b85e41;
$custom-light: #d38d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b85e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.622,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58338,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B85E41

secondary

#8EB9C7

accent

#B6D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B85E41

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

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