#A83522#A83522

#A83522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.154 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83522
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 34)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.56, 46.10, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.56, 59.40, 39.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.1308 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.154 32)
XYZ	xyz(17.7123, 10.9892, 2.7015)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83522 #2295A8

analogous

#A82252 #A83522 #A87822

triadic

#A83522 #22A835 #3522A8

tetradic

#A83522 #52A822 #2295A8 #7822A8

square

#A83522 #52A822 #2295A8 #7822A8

split-complementary

#A83522 #22A878 #2252A8

monochromatic

#42150D #752518 #A83522 #D54932 #E07665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A83522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A83522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83522

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83522	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.154 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca735f',
    500: '#a83522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83522;
$custom-light: #ca735f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49659,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.10987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83522

secondary

#61B7C5

accent

#D1E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83522

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

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