#A84424#A84424

#A84424 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.140 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84424
RGB	rgb(168, 68, 36)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.14, 39.36, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.14, 55.42, 44.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% 0.1103 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.14 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5360, 12.5890, 3.1226)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84424 #2488A8

analogous

#A82446 #A84424 #A88624

triadic

#A84424 #24A844 #4424A8

tetradic

#A84424 #46A824 #2488A8 #8624A8

square

#A84424 #46A824 #2488A8 #8624A8

split-complementary

#A84424 #24A886 #2446A8

monochromatic

#431B0E #763019 #A84424 #D45C35 #DF8568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#A84424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A84424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84424

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84424	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)

#605620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 68, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.140 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97b61',
    500: '#a84424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84424;
$custom-light: #c97b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51606,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84424

secondary

#63ADC4

accent

#BFE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEEA

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84424

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

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