#A0491B#A0491B

#A0491B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.129 H 45.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0491B
RGB	rgb(160, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(21, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(21, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 33.36, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 54.07, 51.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0912 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.129 45)
XYZ	xyz(17.0793, 12.3200, 2.5153)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0491B #1B72A0

analogous

#A01B30 #A0491B #A08C1B

triadic

#A0491B #1BA049 #491BA0

tetradic

#A0491B #30A01B #1B72A0 #8C1BA0

square

#A0491B #30A01B #1B72A0 #8C1BA0

split-complementary

#A0491B #1BA08C #1B30A0

monochromatic

#371909 #6C3112 #A0491B #D46124 #E28553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A0491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A0491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0491B

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0491B	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)

#625614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.129 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37e5b',
    500: '#a0491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0491b;
$custom-light: #c37e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.752,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51008,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.12318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0491B

secondary

#529DC5

accent

#B0EE3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0491B

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

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