#A8421E#A8421E

#A8421E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.143 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8421E
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 30)
HSL	hsl(16, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(16, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 40.11, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 57.81, 46.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.1115 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.143 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3330, 12.3176, 2.6402)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8421E #1E84A8

analogous

#A81E3F #A8421E #A8871E

triadic

#A8421E #1EA842 #421EA8

tetradic

#A8421E #3FA81E #1E84A8 #871EA8

square

#A8421E #3FA81E #1E84A8 #871EA8

split-complementary

#A8421E #1EA887 #1E3FA8

monochromatic

#40190B #742E15 #A8421E #D9582A #E2815E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A8421E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A8421E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8421E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8421E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8421E	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8421e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.143 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a5d',
    500: '#a8421e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8421e;
$custom-light: #ca7a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8421e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51271,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8421E

secondary

#5BABC7

accent

#BEED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8421E

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

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