#A84228#A84228

#A84228 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.140 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84228
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 40)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 40.49, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 54.55, 42.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% 0.1145 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.14 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4816, 12.3770, 3.4229)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84228 #288EA8

analogous

#A8284E #A84228 #A88228

triadic

#A84228 #28A842 #4228A8

tetradic

#A84228 #4EA828 #288EA8 #8228A8

square

#A84228 #4EA828 #288EA8 #8228A8

split-complementary

#A84228 #28A882 #284EA8

monochromatic

#451B10 #772F1C #A84228 #D15B3D #DC846E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#A84228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A84228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84228

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84228	1.00	6.04	3.47	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.140 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a63',
    500: '#a84228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84228;
$custom-light: #c97a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.188,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5137,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84228

secondary

#69B1C3

accent

#C4E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84228

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

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