#A53E23#A53E23

#A53E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.142 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E23
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 41.06, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 55.77, 42.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.1156 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.142 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5449, 11.5684, 2.8988)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E23 #238AA5

analogous

#A52349 #A53E23 #A57F23

triadic

#A53E23 #23A53E #3E23A5

tetradic

#A53E23 #49A523 #238AA5 #7F23A5

square

#A53E23 #49A523 #238AA5 #7F23A5

split-complementary

#A53E23 #23A57F #2349A5

monochromatic

#40180E #732B18 #A53E23 #D35332 #DE7E64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#A53E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A53E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E23

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E23	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)

#5B511F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B62438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.142 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77860',
    500: '#a53e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e23;
$custom-light: #c77860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50283,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E23

secondary

#60AFC4

accent

#C5E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E23

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

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