#A84021#A84021

#A84021 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.144 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84021
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 33)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, 41.17, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 57.26, 44.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.1153 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.144 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2583, 12.1040, 2.8134)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84021 #2189A8

analogous

#A82145 #A84021 #A88421

triadic

#A84021 #21A840 #4021A8

tetradic

#A84021 #45A821 #2189A8 #8421A8

square

#A84021 #45A821 #2189A8 #8421A8

split-complementary

#A84021 #21A884 #2145A8

monochromatic

#42190D #752D17 #A84021 #D65630 #E08063

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#A84021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A84021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84021

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84021	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)

#5D531D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.144 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca795f',
    500: '#a84021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84021;
$custom-light: #ca795f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51025,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84021

secondary

#5FAEC5

accent

#C2EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84021

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

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