#A6491E#A6491E

#A6491E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.135 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6491E
RGB	rgb(166, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(19, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 35.87, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 55.57, 49.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.0988 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.135 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3447, 12.9682, 2.7652)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6491E #1E7BA6

analogous

#A61E37 #A6491E #A68D1E

triadic

#A6491E #1EA649 #491EA6

tetradic

#A6491E #37A61E #1E7BA6 #8D1EA6

square

#A6491E #37A61E #1E7BA6 #8D1EA6

split-complementary

#A6491E #1EA68D #1E37A6

monochromatic

#3E1B0B #723215 #A6491E #D86029 #E2875D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#A6491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#A6491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6491E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6491E	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B73440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.135 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87e5d',
    500: '#a6491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6491e;
$custom-light: #c87e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.971,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51964,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6491E

secondary

#5AA4C6

accent

#B4EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#140A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6491E

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

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