#A84423#A84423

#A84423 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.140 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84423
RGB	rgb(168, 68, 35)
HSL	hsl(15, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 39.32, 39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 55.75, 45.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.6% 0.11 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(51.6% 0.14 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5209, 12.5830, 3.0433)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84423 #2387A8

analogous

#A82345 #A84423 #A88623

triadic

#A84423 #23A844 #4423A8

tetradic

#A84423 #45A823 #2387A8 #8623A8

square

#A84423 #45A823 #2387A8 #8623A8

split-complementary

#A84423 #23A886 #2345A8

monochromatic

#431B0E #752F18 #A84423 #D55C34 #DF8466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#A84423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A84423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84423

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84423	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60561F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 68, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.140 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97b60',
    500: '#a84423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84423;
$custom-light: #c97b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.887,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51596,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84423

secondary

#62ACC5

accent

#BFE83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84423

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

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