#852E18#852E18

#852E18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.124 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#852E18
RGB	rgb(133, 46, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 82%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 36.15, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 48.94, 42.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.1017 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.124 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8159, 7.0080, 1.6471)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#852E18 #186F85

analogous

#851838 #852E18 #856418

triadic

#852E18 #18852E #2E1885

tetradic

#852E18 #388518 #186F85 #641885

square

#852E18 #388518 #186F85 #641885

split-complementary

#852E18 #188564 #183885

monochromatic

#1D0A05 #511C0F #852E18 #B94021 #DC5C3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#852E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#852E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #852E18

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##852E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##852E18	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)

#473F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93172A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #852e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 46, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.124 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06b56',
    500: '#852e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #852e18;
$custom-light: #b06b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#852e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.11,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42601,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#852E18

secondary

#40A0B9

accent

#C9EC3C

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #852E18

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

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