#B9523A#B9523A

#B9523A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.139 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9523A
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 68.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 40.00, 34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 52.55, 40.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1147 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.139 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7909, 16.6574, 5.9646)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9523A #3AA1B9

analogous

#B93A61 #B9523A #B9923A

triadic

#B9523A #3AB952 #523AB9

tetradic

#B9523A #61B93A #3AA1B9 #923AB9

square

#B9523A #61B93A #3AA1B9 #923AB9

split-complementary

#B9523A #3AB992 #3A61B9

monochromatic

#5C291D #8A3D2B #B9523A #CE7762 #DC9F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B9523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B9523A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9523A

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9523A	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.139 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48671',
    500: '#b9523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9523a;
$custom-light: #d48671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.339,
    "s": 52.263,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56537,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9523A

secondary

#87BBC7

accent

#C1DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9523A

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

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