#B9523D#B9523D

#B9523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.138 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9523D
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 67%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 40.17, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 51.63, 38.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1158 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.138 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8694, 16.6888, 6.3783)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9523D #3DA4B9

analogous

#B93D66 #B9523D #B9903D

triadic

#B9523D #3DB952 #523DB9

tetradic

#B9523D #66B93D #3DA4B9 #903DB9

square

#B9523D #66B93D #3DA4B9 #903DB9

split-complementary

#B9523D #3DB990 #3D66B9

monochromatic

#5D291F #8B3E2E #B9523D #CD7866 #DCA195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B9523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B9523D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9523D

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9523D	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)

#6D643B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.138 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48673',
    500: '#b9523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9523d;
$custom-light: #d48673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.161,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5658,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9523D

secondary

#8BBDC7

accent

#C2DA4E

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9523D

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

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