#B9554A#B9554A

#B9554A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.132 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9554A
RGB	rgb(185, 85, 74)
HSL	hsl(6, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 60%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 39.54, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 47.26, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1161 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.132 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4942, 17.3086, 8.5283)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9554A #4AAEB9

analogous

#B94A76 #B9554A #B98C4A

triadic

#B9554A #4AB955 #554AB9

tetradic

#B9554A #76B94A #4AAEB9 #8C4AB9

square

#B9554A #76B94A #4AAEB9 #8C4AB9

split-complementary

#B9554A #4AB98C #4A76B9

monochromatic

#632C26 #8F4037 #B9554A #CA7E76 #DBA8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B9554A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B9554A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9554A

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9554A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9554A	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9554a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 85, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.132 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3887c',
    500: '#b9554a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9554a;
$custom-light: #d3887c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9554a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.946,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57236,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9554A

secondary

#97C3C8

accent

#C7D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9554A

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

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