#852B16#852B16

#852B16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.128 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852B16
RGB	rgb(133, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 83.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 37.48, 33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 50.29, 41.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.1054 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.128 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6828, 6.7738, 1.5039)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852B16 #167085

analogous

#851639 #852B16 #856216

triadic

#852B16 #16852B #2B1685

tetradic

#852B16 #398516 #167085 #621685

square

#852B16 #398516 #167085 #621685

split-complementary

#852B16 #168562 #163985

monochromatic

#1C0905 #501A0D #852B16 #BA3C1F #DE5737

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#852B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#852B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852B16

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852B16	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.128 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06955',
    500: '#852b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852b16;
$custom-light: #b06955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.351,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4219,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852B16

secondary

#3EA2B9

accent

#CCEE39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852B16

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

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