#A0451D#A0451D

#A0451D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.132 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0451D
RGB	rgb(160, 69, 29)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(18, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 81.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.93, 35.49, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.93, 54.14, 49.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.098 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.132 42)
XYZ	xyz(16.8489, 11.8208, 2.5566)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0451D #1D78A0

analogous

#A01D36 #A0451D #A0871D

triadic

#A0451D #1DA045 #451DA0

tetradic

#A0451D #36A01D #1D78A0 #871DA0

square

#A0451D #36A01D #1D78A0 #871DA0

split-complementary

#A0451D #1DA087 #1D36A0

monochromatic

#38180A #6C2F14 #A0451D #D45B26 #E18157

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#A0451D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A0451D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0451D

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0451D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0451D	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0451d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 69, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.132 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37b5c',
    500: '#a0451d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0451d;
$custom-light: #c37b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0451d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.321,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50411,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.11819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0451D

secondary

#55A2C4

accent

#B6EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0451D

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

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