#A04236#A04236

#A04236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.128 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04236
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(7, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 66.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.64, 38.22, 26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.64, 46.69, 35.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.1111 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.128 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1129, 11.6386, 4.8346)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04236 #3694A0

analogous

#A0365F #A04236 #A07736

triadic

#A04236 #36A042 #4236A0

tetradic

#A04236 #5FA036 #3694A0 #7736A0

square

#A04236 #5FA036 #3694A0 #7736A0

split-complementary

#A04236 #36A077 #365FA0

monochromatic

#441C17 #722F27 #A04236 #C45D4F #D3877D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A04236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A04236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04236

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04236	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.128 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27a6d',
    500: '#a04236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04236;
$custom-light: #c27a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.792,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5028,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04236

secondary

#75B4BC

accent

#C9D94F

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04236

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

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