#A84221#A84221

#A84221 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.142 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84221
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 33)
HSL	hsl(15, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(15, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, 40.22, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 56.84, 44.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1124 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.142 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3732, 12.3336, 2.8517)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84221 #2187A8

analogous

#A82143 #A84221 #A88621

triadic

#A84221 #21A842 #4221A8

tetradic

#A84221 #43A821 #2187A8 #8621A8

square

#A84221 #43A821 #2187A8 #8621A8

split-complementary

#A84221 #21A886 #2143A8

monochromatic

#421A0D #752E17 #A84221 #D65930 #E08263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A84221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A84221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84221

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84221	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F541C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.142 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a5f',
    500: '#a84221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84221;
$custom-light: #ca7a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51298,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84221

secondary

#5FACC5

accent

#C0EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84221

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

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