#A1491B#A1491B

#A1491B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.130 H 44.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1491B
RGB	rgb(161, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(21, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(21, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, 33.76, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 54.49, 51.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.0923 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.13 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2801, 12.4235, 2.5247)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1491B #1B73A1

analogous

#A11B30 #A1491B #A18C1B

triadic

#A1491B #1BA149 #491BA1

tetradic

#A1491B #30A11B #1B73A1 #8C1BA1

square

#A1491B #30A11B #1B73A1 #8C1BA1

split-complementary

#A1491B #1BA18C #1B30A1

monochromatic

#381909 #6D3112 #A1491B #D56124 #E28554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#A1491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A1491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1491B

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1491B	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B13540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.130 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47e5b',
    500: '#a1491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1491b;
$custom-light: #c47e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.597,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51163,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1491B

secondary

#529EC5

accent

#B0EE3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1491B

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

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