#591D12#591D12

#591D12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.091 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591D12
RGB	rgb(89, 29, 18)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 79.8%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.23, 26.95, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.23, 34.66, 38.97°)
OKLab	oklab(32.26% 0.0769 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(32.26% 0.091 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6689, 3.0469, 0.9144)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591D12 #124E59

analogous

#59122A #591D12 #594012

triadic

#591D12 #12591D #1D1259

tetradic

#591D12 #2A5912 #124E59 #401259

square

#591D12 #2A5912 #124E59 #401259

split-complementary

#591D12 #125940 #122A59

monochromatic

#190805 #260C08 #591D12 #8C2E1C #BF3E27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.05

#591D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#591D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591D12

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591D12	1.00	13.05	1.61	13.05
#FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#620E1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 29, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.091 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5c50',
    500: '#591d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591d12;
$custom-light: #8e5c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.296,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32259,
    "c": 0.09115,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591D12

secondary

#358392

accent

#CFE93F

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #591D12

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

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