#A0491D#A0491D

#A0491D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.128 H 44.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0491D
RGB	rgb(160, 73, 29)
HSL	hsl(20, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(20, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 81.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, 33.42, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 53.40, 51.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.0917 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.128 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1033, 12.3296, 2.6414)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0491D #1D74A0

analogous

#A01D32 #A0491D #A08B1D

triadic

#A0491D #1DA049 #491DA0

tetradic

#A0491D #32A01D #1D74A0 #8B1DA0

square

#A0491D #32A01D #1D74A0 #8B1DA0

split-complementary

#A0491D #1DA08B #1D32A0

monochromatic

#381A0A #6C3114 #A0491D #D46126 #E18557

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A0491D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A0491D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0491D

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0491D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0491D	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0491d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 73, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.128 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37e5d',
    500: '#a0491d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0491d;
$custom-light: #c37e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0491d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.153,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51024,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0491D

secondary

#559FC4

accent

#B1EC3C

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0491D

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

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