Burnt Umber#A0450E

#A0450E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.135 H 45.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Burnt Umber — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#A0450E
RGB	rgb(160, 69, 14)
HSL	hsl(23, 84%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(23, 91%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 91.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 35.09, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 58.64, 53.25°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% 0.0947 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.135 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7064, 11.7638, 1.8063)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0450E #0E69A0

analogous

#A00E20 #A0450E #A08E0E

triadic

#A0450E #0EA045 #450EA0

tetradic

#A0450E #20A00E #0E69A0 #8E0EA0

square

#A0450E #20A00E #0E69A0 #8E0EA0

split-complementary

#A0450E #0EA08E #0E20A0

monochromatic

#2F1404 #682D09 #A0450E #D85D13 #EE7E3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#A0450E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A0450E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0450E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0450E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0450E	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756809

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B02F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0450e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 69, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.135 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47b54',
    500: '#a0450e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0450e;
$custom-light: #c47b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0450e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.603,
    "s": 83.908,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50313,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0450E

secondary

#3D97CD

accent

#ADFA2E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#140903

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0450E

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

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