#A83E22#A83E22

#A83E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.146 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83E22
RGB	rgb(168, 62, 34)
HSL	hsl(13, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 42.14, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 57.38, 42.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.1185 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.146 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1618, 11.8882, 2.8514)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83E22 #228CA8

analogous

#A82249 #A83E22 #A88122

triadic

#A83E22 #22A83E #3E22A8

tetradic

#A83E22 #49A822 #228CA8 #8122A8

square

#A83E22 #49A822 #228CA8 #8122A8

split-complementary

#A83E22 #22A881 #2249A8

monochromatic

#42180D #752B18 #A83E22 #D55432 #E07E65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#A83E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#A83E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83E22

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83E22	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 62, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.146 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca785f',
    500: '#a83e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83e22;
$custom-light: #ca785f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.537,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50769,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83E22

secondary

#61B0C5

accent

#C6E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83E22

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

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