#852D16#852D16

#852D16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.126 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852D16
RGB	rgb(133, 45, 22)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 83.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 36.55, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 49.83, 42.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.1025 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.126 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7573, 6.9228, 1.5287)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852D16 #166E85

analogous

#851637 #852D16 #856416

triadic

#852D16 #16852D #2D1685

tetradic

#852D16 #378516 #166E85 #641685

square

#852D16 #378516 #166E85 #641685

split-complementary

#852D16 #168564 #163785

monochromatic

#1C0905 #501B0D #852D16 #BA3F1F #DE5A37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#852D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#852D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852D16

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852D16	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 45, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.126 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06a55',
    500: '#852d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852d16;
$custom-light: #b06a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.432,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42449,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852D16

secondary

#3EA0B9

accent

#C9EE39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852D16

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

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