#A83E23#A83E23

#A83E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.145 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A83E23
RGB	rgb(168, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 42.17, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 57.06, 42.34°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.1188 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.145 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1764, 11.8940, 2.9284)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A83E23 #238DA8

analogous

#A8234B #A83E23 #A88023

triadic

#A83E23 #23A83E #3E23A8

tetradic

#A83E23 #4BA823 #238DA8 #8023A8

square

#A83E23 #4BA823 #238DA8 #8023A8

split-complementary

#A83E23 #23A880 #234BA8

monochromatic

#43190E #752B18 #A83E23 #D55434 #DF7F66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#A83E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#A83E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A83E23

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A83E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A83E23	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)

#5C521F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a83e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.145 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7860',
    500: '#a83e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a83e23;
$custom-light: #ca7860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a83e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.18,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50779,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A83E23

secondary

#62B1C5

accent

#C6E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A83E23

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

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