#491D12#491D12

#491D12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.070 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491D12
RGB	rgb(73, 29, 18)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 75.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.18, 20.06, 17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.18, 26.59, 41.03°)
OKLab	oklab(29.36% 0.0575 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(29.36% 0.07 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2965, 2.3393, 0.8501)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491D12 #123E49

analogous

#491222 #491D12 #493812

triadic

#491D12 #12491D #1D1249

tetradic

#491D12 #224912 #123E49 #381249

square

#491D12 #224912 #123E49 #381249

split-complementary

#491D12 #124938 #122249

monochromatic

#190A06 #190A06 #491D12 #7A311E #AB442A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#491D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#491D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491D12

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491D12	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332E11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51141B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 29, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.070 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805a50',
    500: '#491d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491d12;
$custom-light: #805a50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29358,
    "c": 0.07034,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491D12

secondary

#357382

accent

#C4E444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #491D12

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

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