#852E16#852E16

#852E16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.125 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852E16
RGB	rgb(133, 46, 22)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 83.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 36.08, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 49.61, 43.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.1011 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.125 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7959, 7.0000, 1.5416)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852E16 #166D85

analogous

#851635 #852E16 #856516

triadic

#852E16 #16852E #2E1685

tetradic

#852E16 #358516 #166D85 #651685

square

#852E16 #358516 #166D85 #651685

split-complementary

#852E16 #168565 #163585

monochromatic

#1C0A05 #501C0D #852E16 #BA401F #DE5B37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#852E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#852E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852E16

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852E16	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#931629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 46, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.125 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06b55',
    500: '#852e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852e16;
$custom-light: #b06b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.973,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42582,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852E16

secondary

#3E9FB9

accent

#C7EE39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852E16

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

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