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#120C07 Color

#120C07 is rgb(18, 12, 7) in RGB, hsl(27, 44%, 5%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 33%, 61%, 93%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Smoky Black (#100C08), indistinguishable to the eye at ΔE 0.95. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#120C07
HEX#120C07
RGBrgb(18, 12, 7)
HSLhsl(27, 44%, 5%)
HSVhsv(27, 61%, 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33%, 61%, 93%)
OKLCHoklch(16% 0.015 63)
LABlab(3.71% 1.59 2.70)
LCHlch(3.71% 3.14 59.53)

What #120C07 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #120C07, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every brown in the library.

#120C07 Channel Values

How #120C07 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 18 · G 12 · B 78-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 27° · S 44% · L 5%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 27° · S 61% · V 7%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 33% · Y 61% · K 93%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance19.42:1 vs white · 1.08:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #120C07 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text19.42:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text1.08:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #120C07 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #120C07

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #120C07; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Complementary
Analogous
Analogous
Triadic
Triadic
Split comp.
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Tints & Shades of #120C07

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #120C07.

How #120C07 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#120C07
Protanopia#0D0D07
Protanomaly#0F0D07
Deuteranopia#0E0E07
Deuteranomaly#100D07
Tritanopia#120B0B
Tritanomaly#120C0A
Achromatopsia#0D0D0D

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #120C07 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-120c07: #120C07;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #120C07;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-120c07': '#120C07' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.071, green: 0.047, blue: 0.027)
Android XML<color name="color_120c07">#120C07</color>
SVG fillfill="#120C07"

More Brown Colors

#120C07 sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#120C07 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #120C07?

#120C07 is a darkest brown — rgb(18, 12, 7) in RGB and hsl(27, 44%, 5%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Smoky Black (#100C08), which is indistinguishable to the eye at a CIE76 distance of 0.95.

What is the RGB value of #120C07?

#120C07 is rgb(18, 12, 7) — red 18, green 12, and blue 7 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #120C07?

#120C07 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 33%, 61%, 93%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #120C07 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #120C07 scores 19.42:1 against white and 1.08:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #120C07 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #120C07 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is black (#000000) at a CIE76 distance of 4.86, which is very hard to tell apart.

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