#A6401E#A6401E

#A6401E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.143 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6401E
RGB	rgb(166, 64, 30)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 40.31, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 57.38, 45.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.1123 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.143 38)
XYZ	xyz(17.7956, 11.8700, 2.5821)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6401E #1E84A6

analogous

#A61E40 #A6401E #A6841E

triadic

#A6401E #1EA640 #401EA6

tetradic

#A6401E #40A61E #1E84A6 #841EA6

square

#A6401E #40A61E #1E84A6 #841EA6

split-complementary

#A6401E #1EA684 #1E40A6

monochromatic

#3E180B #722C15 #A6401E #D85529 #E27E5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#A6401E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A6401E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6401E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6401E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6401E	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B72639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6401e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 64, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.143 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8795d',
    500: '#a6401e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6401e;
$custom-light: #c8795d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6401e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5067,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.11868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6401E

secondary

#5AABC6

accent

#C0EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6401E

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

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