#491E12#491E12

#491E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.069 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491E12
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 18)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(13, 75%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 75.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.41, 19.46, 17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.41, 26.33, 42.35°)
OKLab	oklab(29.54% 0.0556 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(29.54% 0.069 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.3214, 2.3891, 0.8584)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491E12 #123D49

analogous

#491221 #491E12 #493912

triadic

#491E12 #12491E #1E1249

tetradic

#491E12 #214912 #123D49 #391249

square

#491E12 #214912 #123D49 #391249

split-complementary

#491E12 #124939 #122149

monochromatic

#190A06 #190A06 #491E12 #7A321E #AB462A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.21

#491E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#491E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491E12

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491E12	1.00	14.21	1.48	14.21
#FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51151B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.069 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805b50',
    500: '#491e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491e12;
$custom-light: #805b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.091,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29536,
    "c": 0.0692,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491E12

secondary

#357182

accent

#C1E444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #491E12

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

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