#A0501D#A0501D

#A0501D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.123 H 49.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0501D
RGB	rgb(160, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(23, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 81.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.21, 29.70, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.21, 52.29, 55.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.15% 0.0804 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(52.15% 0.123 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5894, 13.3018, 2.8034)
Luminance	0.1330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0501D #1D6DA0

analogous

#A01D2B #A0501D #A0921D

triadic

#A0501D #1DA050 #501DA0

tetradic

#A0501D #2BA01D #1D6DA0 #921DA0

square

#A0501D #2BA01D #1D6DA0 #921DA0

split-complementary

#A0501D #1DA092 #1D2BA0

monochromatic

#381C0A #6C3614 #A0501D #D46A26 #E18C57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#A0501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#A0501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0501D

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0501D	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)

#675B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.123 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3825d',
    500: '#a0501d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0501d;
$custom-light: #c3825d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.359,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52154,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0501D

secondary

#5599C4

accent

#A7EC3C

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140A04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0501D

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

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