#B9563C#B9563C

#B9563C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.135 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9563C
RGB	rgb(185, 86, 60)
HSL	hsl(12, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 67.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 38.10, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 51.01, 41.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1092 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.135 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1532, 17.2991, 6.3412)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9563C #3C9FB9

analogous

#B93C60 #B9563C #B9943C

triadic

#B9563C #3CB956 #563CB9

tetradic

#B9563C #60B93C #3C9FB9 #943CB9

square

#B9563C #60B93C #3C9FB9 #943CB9

split-complementary

#B9563C #3CB994 #3C60B9

monochromatic

#5D2B1E #8B412D #B9563C #CD7B65 #DCA293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B9563C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B9563C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B9563C

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9563C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B9563C	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)

#706639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9563c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 86, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.135 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48872',
    500: '#b9563c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9563c;
$custom-light: #d48872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9563c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.48,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5716,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9563C

secondary

#89BAC7

accent

#BDDA4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9563C

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

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