#A73B20#A73B20

#A73B20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.148 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73B20
RGB	rgb(167, 59, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, 43.07, 39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 58.25, 42.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% 0.1211 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.148 35)
XYZ	xyz(17.7630, 11.4503, 2.6410)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73B20 #208CA7

analogous

#A72049 #A73B20 #A77F20

triadic

#A73B20 #20A73B #3B20A7

tetradic

#A73B20 #49A720 #208CA7 #7F20A7

square

#A73B20 #49A720 #208CA7 #7F20A7

split-complementary

#A73B20 #20A77F #2049A7

monochromatic

#40170C #742916 #A73B20 #D74F2D #E17A61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A73B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A73B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73B20

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73B20	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81D36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 59, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.148 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9765e',
    500: '#a73b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73b20;
$custom-light: #c9765e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50195,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.11448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73B20

secondary

#5DB1C5

accent

#C8EB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73B20

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

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