#A0481B#A0481B

#A0481B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.130 H 44.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0481B
RGB	rgb(160, 72, 27)
HSL	hsl(20, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(20, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 33.88, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 54.25, 51.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.0927 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.13 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0142, 12.1897, 2.4936)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0481B #1B73A0

analogous

#A01B30 #A0481B #A08B1B

triadic

#A0481B #1BA048 #481BA0

tetradic

#A0481B #30A01B #1B73A0 #8B1BA0

square

#A0481B #30A01B #1B73A0 #8B1BA0

split-complementary

#A0481B #1BA08B #1B30A0

monochromatic

#371909 #6C3012 #A0481B #D46024 #E28453

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A0481B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A0481B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0481B

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0481B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0481B	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0343F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0481b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 72, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.130 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37d5b',
    500: '#a0481b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0481b;
$custom-light: #c37d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0481b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.301,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50852,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0481B

secondary

#529EC5

accent

#B1EE3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0481B

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

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