#B9523C#B9523C

#B9523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.138 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9523C
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 40.11, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 51.94, 39.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% 0.1154 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.138 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8427, 16.6781, 6.2377)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9523C #3CA3B9

analogous

#B93C64 #B9523C #B9903C

triadic

#B9523C #3CB952 #523CB9

tetradic

#B9523C #64B93C #3CA3B9 #903CB9

square

#B9523C #64B93C #3CA3B9 #903CB9

split-complementary

#B9523C #3CB990 #3C64B9

monochromatic

#5D291E #8B3E2D #B9523C #CD7765 #DCA093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B9523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B9523C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9523C

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9523C	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.138 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48672',
    500: '#b9523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9523c;
$custom-light: #d48672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.56,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56565,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9523C

secondary

#89BCC7

accent

#C2DA4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9523C

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

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