#852C16#852C16

#852C16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.127 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852C16
RGB	rgb(133, 44, 22)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 83.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 37.02, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 50.06, 42.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.104 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.127 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7196, 6.8474, 1.5161)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852C16 #166F85

analogous

#851637 #852C16 #856316

triadic

#852C16 #16852C #2C1685

tetradic

#852C16 #378516 #166F85 #631685

square

#852C16 #378516 #166F85 #631685

split-complementary

#852C16 #168563 #163785

monochromatic

#1C0905 #501B0D #852C16 #BA3D1F #DE5837

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#852C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#852C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852C16

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852C16	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 44, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.127 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06a55',
    500: '#852c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852c16;
$custom-light: #b06a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.892,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42318,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852C16

secondary

#3EA1B9

accent

#CAEE39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852C16

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

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