#501E11#501E11

#501E11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.079 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E11
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 17)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 78.8%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.69, 22.54, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.69, 30.25, 41.84°)
OKLab	oklab(30.76% 0.0641 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(30.76% 0.079 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8741, 2.6750, 0.8425)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E11 #114350

analogous

#501124 #501E11 #503E11

triadic

#501E11 #11501E #1E1150

tetradic

#501E11 #245011 #114350 #3E1150

square

#501E11 #245011 #114350 #3E1150

split-complementary

#501E11 #11503E #112450

monochromatic

#190905 #1E0B06 #501E11 #82311C #B54426

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#501E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#501E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E11

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E11	1.00	13.68	1.53	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C270F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.079 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c4f',
    500: '#501e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e11;
$custom-light: #865c4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.381,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3076,
    "c": 0.07883,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E11

secondary

#337889

accent

#C5E840

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E11

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

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