#A0491A#A0491A

#A0491A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.129 H 45.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0491A
RGB	rgb(160, 73, 26)
HSL	hsl(21, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(21, 84%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 83.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.71, 33.32, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.71, 54.40, 52.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.0909 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.129 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0680, 12.3155, 2.4554)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0491A #1A71A0

analogous

#A01A2E #A0491A #A08C1A

triadic

#A0491A #1AA049 #491AA0

tetradic

#A0491A #2EA01A #1A71A0 #8C1AA0

square

#A0491A #2EA01A #1A71A0 #8C1AA0

split-complementary

#A0491A #1AA08C #1A2EA0

monochromatic

#371909 #6B3111 #A0491A #D56123 #E38552

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A0491A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A0491A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0491A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0491A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0491A	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0491a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 73, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.129 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37e5b',
    500: '#a0491a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0491a;
$custom-light: #c37e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0491a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.045,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0491A

secondary

#509CC5

accent

#AFEF39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0491A

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

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