#B9543B#B9543B

#B9543B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.137 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9543B
RGB	rgb(185, 84, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 39.06, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 51.78, 41.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1119 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.137 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9696, 16.9737, 6.1508)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9543B #3BA0B9

analogous

#B93B61 #B9543B #B9933B

triadic

#B9543B #3BB954 #543BB9

tetradic

#B9543B #61B93B #3BA0B9 #933BB9

square

#B9543B #61B93B #3BA0B9 #933BB9

split-complementary

#B9543B #3BB993 #3B61B9

monochromatic

#5C2A1D #8B3F2C #B9543B #CD7964 #DCA192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B9543B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B9543B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9543B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9543B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9543B	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB404E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9543b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 84, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.137 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48772',
    500: '#b9543b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9543b;
$custom-light: #d48772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9543b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.905,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56846,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9543B

secondary

#88BBC7

accent

#BFDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9543B

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

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