#A8401F#A8401F

#A8401F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.145 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8401F
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 31)
HSL	hsl(14, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 41.10, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 57.91, 44.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.1147 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.145 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2312, 12.0931, 2.6703)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8401F #1F87A8

analogous

#A81F42 #A8401F #A8851F

triadic

#A8401F #1FA840 #401FA8

tetradic

#A8401F #42A81F #1F87A8 #851FA8

square

#A8401F #42A81F #1F87A8 #851FA8

split-complementary

#A8401F #1FA885 #1F42A8

monochromatic

#41190C #742C15 #A8401F #D8562C #E27F60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#A8401F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A8401F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8401F

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8401F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8401F	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E531A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8401f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.145 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca795d',
    500: '#a8401f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8401f;
$custom-light: #ca795d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8401f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.453,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51007,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8401F

secondary

#5DADC6

accent

#C1EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8401F

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

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