#862E17#862E17

#862E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.126 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#862E17
RGB	rgb(134, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 82.8%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 36.50, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 49.72, 42.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.1024 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.126 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9644, 7.0858, 1.6008)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#862E17 #176F86

analogous

#861738 #862E17 #866517

triadic

#862E17 #17862E #2E1786

tetradic

#862E17 #388617 #176F86 #651786

square

#862E17 #388617 #176F86 #651786

split-complementary

#862E17 #178665 #173886

monochromatic

#1E0A05 #521C0E #862E17 #BA4020 #DD5C3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#862E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#862E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #862E17

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##862E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##862E17	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#941629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #862e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.126 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16b56',
    500: '#862e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #862e17;
$custom-light: #b16b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#862e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.432,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42766,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#862E17

secondary

#3FA0BA

accent

#C8ED3A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #862E17

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

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