#501D12#501D12

#501D12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.080 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D12
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 18)
HSL	hsl(11, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 77.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.49, 23.16, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.49, 30.18, 39.87°)
OKLab	oklab(30.61% 0.0662 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(30.61% 0.08 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8572, 2.6284, 0.8764)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D12 #124550

analogous

#501226 #501D12 #503C12

triadic

#501D12 #12501D #1D1250

tetradic

#501D12 #265012 #124550 #3C1250

square

#501D12 #265012 #124550 #3C1250

split-complementary

#501D12 #12503C #122650

monochromatic

#190906 #1E0B07 #501D12 #822F1D #B44128

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#501D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#501D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D12

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D12	1.00	13.77	1.53	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.080 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865b50',
    500: '#501d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d12;
$custom-light: #865b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.645,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30611,
    "c": 0.07964,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D12

secondary

#357A89

accent

#C9E641

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D12

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

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