#852A16#852A16

#852A16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.129 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852A16
RGB	rgb(133, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 83.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.12, 37.93, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.12, 50.53, 41.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.1068 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.129 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6469, 6.7020, 1.4919)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852A16 #167185

analogous

#851639 #852A16 #856116

triadic

#852A16 #16852A #2A1685

tetradic

#852A16 #398516 #167185 #611685

square

#852A16 #398516 #167185 #611685

split-complementary

#852A16 #168561 #163985

monochromatic

#1C0905 #50190D #852A16 #BA3B1F #DE5537

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#852A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#852A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852A16

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852A16	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#930E26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.129 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06955',
    500: '#852a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852a16;
$custom-light: #b06955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.811,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42064,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852A16

secondary

#3EA3B9

accent

#CEEE39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120603

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852A16

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

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