#501E12#501E12

#501E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.079 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E12
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 18)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 77.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.71, 22.60, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.71, 29.91, 40.93°)
OKLab	oklab(30.78% 0.0645 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(30.78% 0.079 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8821, 2.6782, 0.8847)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E12 #124450

analogous

#501225 #501E12 #503D12

triadic

#501E12 #12501E #1E1250

tetradic

#501E12 #255012 #124450 #3D1250

square

#501E12 #255012 #124450 #3D1250

split-complementary

#501E12 #12503D #122550

monochromatic

#190906 #1E0B07 #501E12 #82311D #B44328

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#501E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#501E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E12

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E12	1.00	13.68	1.54	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.079 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865c50',
    500: '#501e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e12;
$custom-light: #865c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30775,
    "c": 0.07851,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E12

secondary

#357989

accent

#C6E641

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E12

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

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