#B9523F#B9523F

#B9523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.138 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9523F
RGB	rgb(185, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 65.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 40.29, 31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 51.04, 37.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1165 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.138 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9243, 16.7108, 6.6673)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9523F #3FA6B9

analogous

#B93F69 #B9523F #B98F3F

triadic

#B9523F #3FB952 #523FB9

tetradic

#B9523F #69B93F #3FA6B9 #8F3FB9

square

#B9523F #69B93F #3FA6B9 #8F3FB9

split-complementary

#B9523F #3FB98F #3F69B9

monochromatic

#5E2A20 #8B3E2F #B9523F #CC7969 #DCA297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B9523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B9523F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9523F

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9523F	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)

#6D643D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.138 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48674',
    500: '#b9523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9523f;
$custom-light: #d48674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.344,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5661,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9523F

secondary

#8DBEC7

accent

#C3D94F

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9523F

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

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