#B9503E#B9503E

#B9503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.140 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9503E
RGB	rgb(185, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 41.22, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 51.83, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1192 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.14 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7480, 16.4024, 6.4719)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9503E #3EA7B9

analogous

#B93E6A #B9503E #B98D3E

triadic

#B9503E #3EB950 #503EB9

tetradic

#B9503E #6AB93E #3EA7B9 #8D3EB9

square

#B9503E #6AB93E #3EA7B9 #8D3EB9

split-complementary

#B9503E #3EB98D #3E6AB9

monochromatic

#5D281F #8B3C2F #B9503E #CC7768 #DCA096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B9503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B9503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9503E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9503E	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.140 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48474',
    500: '#b9503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9503e;
$custom-light: #d48474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56306,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9503E

secondary

#8CBFC7

accent

#C5D94E

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9503E

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

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