#B9543C#B9543C

#B9543C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.136 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9543C
RGB	rgb(185, 84, 60)
HSL	hsl(12, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 39.11, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 51.47, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1123 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.136 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9958, 16.9842, 6.2888)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9543C #3CA1B9

analogous

#B93C62 #B9543C #B9923C

triadic

#B9543C #3CB954 #543CB9

tetradic

#B9543C #62B93C #3CA1B9 #923CB9

square

#B9543C #62B93C #3CA1B9 #923CB9

split-complementary

#B9543C #3CB992 #3C62B9

monochromatic

#5D2A1E #8B3F2D #B9543C #CD7965 #DCA193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B9543C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B9543C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9543C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9543C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9543C	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9543c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 84, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.136 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48772',
    500: '#b9543c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9543c;
$custom-light: #d48772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9543c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.52,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5686,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9543C

secondary

#89BBC7

accent

#BFDA4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9543C

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

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