#A83518#A83518

#A83518 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.156 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83518
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 75%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(12, 86%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 85.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.48, 45.80, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.48, 62.44, 42.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.57% 0.128 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(49.57% 0.156 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5885, 10.9396, 2.0494)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83518 #188BA8

analogous

#A81843 #A83518 #A87D18

triadic

#A83518 #18A835 #3518A8

tetradic

#A83518 #43A818 #188BA8 #7D18A8

square

#A83518 #43A818 #188BA8 #7D18A8

split-complementary

#A83518 #18A87D #1843A8

monochromatic

#3D1309 #722410 #A83518 #DE4620 #E77154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A83518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A83518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83518

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83518	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736611

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90C30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.156 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7358',
    500: '#a83518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83518;
$custom-light: #cb7358;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.083,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4957,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83518

secondary

#53B1C9

accent

#CCF236

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150803

muted

#837B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83518

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

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