#A8421D#A8421D

#A8421D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.143 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8421D
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 29)
HSL	hsl(16, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(16, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.71, 40.08, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.71, 58.13, 46.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.1113 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.143 39)
XYZ	xyz(18.3204, 12.3125, 2.5740)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8421D #1D83A8

analogous

#A81D3D #A8421D #A8871D

triadic

#A8421D #1DA842 #421DA8

tetradic

#A8421D #3DA81D #1D83A8 #871DA8

square

#A8421D #3DA81D #1D83A8 #871DA8

split-complementary

#A8421D #1DA887 #1D3DA8

monochromatic

#40190B #742D14 #A8421D #DA5828 #E3805C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#A8421D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A8421D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8421D

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8421D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8421D	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)

#5F5417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8421d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.143 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a5c',
    500: '#a8421d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8421d;
$custom-light: #ca7a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8421d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.971,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51262,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.1231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8421D

secondary

#5AAAC7

accent

#BEED3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8421D

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

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