#542E28#542E28

#542E28 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.057 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542E28
RGB	rgb(84, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(8, 35%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(8, 52%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 52.4%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 16.66, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 20.19, 34.40°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0497 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.057 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0165, 3.9925, 2.5135)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542E28 #284E54

analogous

#542838 #542E28 #544428

triadic

#542E28 #28542E #2E2854

tetradic

#542E28 #385428 #284E54 #442854

square

#542E28 #385428 #284E54 #442854

split-complementary

#542E28 #285444 #283854

monochromatic

#150B0A #2B1714 #542E28 #7D453C #A75B4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#542E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#542E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542E28

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542E28	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B282D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.057 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866761',
    500: '#542e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542e28;
$custom-light: #866761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3481,
    "c": 0.05729,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542E28

secondary

#517F87

accent

#BCCC5C

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #542E28

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

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