#B9523E#B9523E

#B9523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.138 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9523E
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 40.23, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 51.34, 38.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1161 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.138 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8966, 16.6997, 6.5215)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9523E #3EA5B9

analogous

#B93E67 #B9523E #B98F3E

triadic

#B9523E #3EB952 #523EB9

tetradic

#B9523E #67B93E #3EA5B9 #8F3EB9

square

#B9523E #67B93E #3EA5B9 #8F3EB9

split-complementary

#B9523E #3EB98F #3E67B9

monochromatic

#5D291F #8B3E2F #B9523E #CC7868 #DCA196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B9523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B9523E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9523E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9523E	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)

#6D643C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.138 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48674',
    500: '#b9523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9523e;
$custom-light: #d48674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.756,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56595,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9523E

secondary

#8CBEC7

accent

#C3D94E

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9523E

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

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