#491A12#491A12

#491A12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.074 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491A12
RGB	rgb(73, 26, 18)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 75.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.50, 21.81, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.50, 27.42, 37.32°)
OKLab	oklab(28.85% 0.0629 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(28.85% 0.074 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.2265, 2.1994, 0.8268)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491A12 #124149

analogous

#491225 #491A12 #493512

triadic

#491A12 #12491A #1A1249

tetradic

#491A12 #254912 #124149 #351249

square

#491A12 #254912 #124149 #351249

split-complementary

#491A12 #124935 #122549

monochromatic

#190906 #190906 #491A12 #7A2B1E #AB3D2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#491A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#491A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491A12

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491A12	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322D11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 26, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.074 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805850',
    500: '#491a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491a12;
$custom-light: #805850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.727,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28847,
    "c": 0.07392,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491A12

secondary

#357782

accent

#CCE444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0302

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #491A12

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

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