#A8421C#A8421C

#A8421C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.143 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8421C
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 28)
HSL	hsl(16, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(16, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.70, 40.05, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.70, 58.45, 46.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.111 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.143 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3083, 12.3077, 2.5099)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8421C #1C82A8

analogous

#A81C3C #A8421C #A8881C

triadic

#A8421C #1CA842 #421CA8

tetradic

#A8421C #3CA81C #1C82A8 #881CA8

square

#A8421C #3CA81C #1C82A8 #881CA8

split-complementary

#A8421C #1CA888 #1C3CA8

monochromatic

#3F190B #742D13 #A8421C #DB5726 #E4805B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#A8421C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A8421C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8421C

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8421C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8421C	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8421c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.143 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a5c',
    500: '#a8421c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8421c;
$custom-light: #ca7a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8421c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51254,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8421C

secondary

#58A9C7

accent

#BDEE3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8421C

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

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