#A0501B#A0501B

#A0501B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.123 H 49.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0501B
RGB	rgb(160, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(24, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(24, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 29.63, 43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 52.97, 55.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.0799 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.123 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5654, 13.2922, 2.6773)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0501B #1B6BA0

analogous

#A01B28 #A0501B #A0931B

triadic

#A0501B #1BA050 #501BA0

tetradic

#A0501B #28A01B #1B6BA0 #931BA0

square

#A0501B #28A01B #1B6BA0 #931BA0

split-complementary

#A0501B #1BA093 #1B28A0

monochromatic

#371C09 #6C3612 #A0501B #D46A24 #E28C53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#A0501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#A0501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0501B

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0501B	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.123 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3825c',
    500: '#a0501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0501b;
$custom-light: #c3825c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.91,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52138,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0501B

secondary

#5297C5

accent

#A6EE3A

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0501B

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

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