#B7513AHot Chilli (#B7513A) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 34°, lightness 0.56 and chroma 0.138. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #B7513A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(183, 81, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(11, 52%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(11, 68%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 56%, 68%, 28%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(47.3 39.7 33.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.561 0.138 34) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hot Chilli is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#b84d34 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#ba5138 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#b7513a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#b8523b — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Hot Chilli in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 4.94:1 and against black 4.25:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffb6a5 · #e48771 · #b7513a · #953823 · #6a1602 · #390300
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#c58a4b · #c06e3c · #b7513a · #9f3f47 · #85314d · #69264e
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#d8aa36 · #a59061 · #b7513a · #8e3b28 · #6b200f · #302200
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#2adafa · #ad8d85 · #b7513a · #7a4539 · #562a1f · #30140d
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f5fa · #9f8a84 · #b7513a · #525d60 · #341f1b · #000102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f5f8 · #bdced2 · #90a2a7 · #132c32 · #000a0e · #b7513a
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dbf8ff · #19a0b8 · #b7513a · #006778 · #002b34 · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cddcba · #6db0a9 · #b7513a · #49657b · #2f3b31 · #1a0e04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ddfbe5 · #53a370 · #b7513a · #4551a7 · #18195d · #000601
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ecf7d9 · #819b4b · #b7513a · #006778 · #330c52 · #000407
#C76B56 · #D68572 · #E59F8E · #F3B8AA · #FFD3C8
#9B3F2B · #802E1C · #651D0D · #4C0C01 · #320200
#AB5B49 · #9E6355 · #906A61
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.