#A4523B#A4523B

#A4523B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.114 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4523B
RGB	rgb(164, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(13, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(13, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 64%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, 31.83, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 42.96, 42.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.0918 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.114 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1182, 14.2451, 5.8796)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4523B #3B8DA4

analogous

#A43B58 #A4523B #A4863B

triadic

#A4523B #3BA452 #523BA4

tetradic

#A4523B #58A43B #3B8DA4 #863BA4

square

#A4523B #58A43B #3B8DA4 #863BA4

split-complementary

#A4523B #3BA486 #3B58A4

monochromatic

#4A251B #773B2B #A4523B #C37059 #D39786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#A4523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A4523B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4523B

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4523B	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3434D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.114 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48471',
    500: '#a4523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4523b;
$custom-light: #c48471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.143,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53427,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4523B

secondary

#7DAFBE

accent

#B9D751

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4523B

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

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