#A84227#A84227

#A84227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.141 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84227
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 39)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.80, 40.45, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.80, 54.87, 42.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.36% 0.1142 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(51.36% 0.141 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4648, 12.3703, 3.3345)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84227 #278DA8

analogous

#A8274C #A84227 #A88227

triadic

#A84227 #27A842 #4227A8

tetradic

#A84227 #4CA827 #278DA8 #8227A8

square

#A84227 #4CA827 #278DA8 #8227A8

split-complementary

#A84227 #27A882 #274CA8

monochromatic

#451B10 #762E1B #A84227 #D15A3B #DD846C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#A84227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A84227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84227

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84227	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.141 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a63',
    500: '#a84227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84227;
$custom-light: #c97a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.558,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51359,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84227

secondary

#67B0C3

accent

#C3E542

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEEA

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84227

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →