#542E24#542E24

#542E24 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.059 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E24
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(13, 40%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(13, 57%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 57.1%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 16.22, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 21.40, 40.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0478 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.059 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9519, 3.9667, 2.1736)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E24 #244A54

analogous

#542432 #542E24 #544624

triadic

#542E24 #24542E #2E2454

tetradic

#542E24 #325424 #244A54 #462454

square

#542E24 #325424 #244A54 #462454

split-complementary

#542E24 #245446 #243254

monochromatic

#150C09 #291712 #542E24 #7F4536 #AA5D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#542E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#542E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E24

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E24	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C282C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.059 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87675e',
    500: '#542e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e24;
$custom-light: #87675e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34716,
    "c": 0.05881,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E24

secondary

#4C7B88

accent

#B7D058

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0B0604

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E24

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

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