#A74227#A74227

#A74227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.140 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A74227
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 39)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 40.07, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 54.44, 42.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.1131 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.14 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2527, 12.2609, 3.3245)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A74227 #278CA7

analogous

#A7274C #A74227 #A78227

triadic

#A74227 #27A742 #4227A7

tetradic

#A74227 #4CA727 #278CA7 #8227A7

square

#A74227 #4CA727 #278CA7 #8227A7

split-complementary

#A74227 #27A782 #274CA7

monochromatic

#441B10 #752E1B #A74227 #D15A3A #DD846C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A74227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A74227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A74227

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A74227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A74227	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a74227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.140 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87a63',
    500: '#a74227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a74227;
$custom-light: #c87a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a74227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.656,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51197,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A74227

secondary

#67B0C3

accent

#C3E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEEA

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A74227

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

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