#A53A23#A53A23

#A53A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.146 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53A23
RGB	rgb(165, 58, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.83, 42.90, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.83, 56.67, 40.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.1213 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.146 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3354, 11.1493, 2.8290)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53A23 #238EA5

analogous

#A5234D #A53A23 #A57B23

triadic

#A53A23 #23A53A #3A23A5

tetradic

#A53A23 #4DA523 #238EA5 #7B23A5

square

#A53A23 #4DA523 #238EA5 #7B23A5

split-complementary

#A53A23 #23A57B #234DA5

monochromatic

#40170E #732818 #A53A23 #D34E32 #DE7A64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#A53A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A53A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53A23

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53A23	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B61D35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 58, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.146 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8755f',
    500: '#a53a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53a23;
$custom-light: #c8755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49762,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53A23

secondary

#60B2C4

accent

#CAE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53A23

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

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