#A53E21#A53E21

#A53E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.143 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E21
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 33)
HSL	hsl(13, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 40.99, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 56.41, 43.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% 0.115 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.143 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5161, 11.5569, 2.7469)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E21 #2188A5

analogous

#A52146 #A53E21 #A58021

triadic

#A53E21 #21A53E #3E21A5

tetradic

#A53E21 #46A521 #2188A5 #8021A5

square

#A53E21 #46A521 #2188A5 #8021A5

split-complementary

#A53E21 #21A580 #2146A5

monochromatic

#3F180D #722B17 #A53E21 #D5532E #DF7D61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#A53E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A53E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E21

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E21	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B511D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B62438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.143 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7775e',
    500: '#a53e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e21;
$custom-light: #c7775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.182,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50263,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E21

secondary

#5EAEC4

accent

#C4EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E21

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

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