#A8451D#A8451D

#A8451D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.140 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8451D
RGB	rgb(168, 69, 29)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(17, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 38.62, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 57.51, 47.81°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1068 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.14 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5003, 12.6723, 2.6340)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8451D #1D80A8

analogous

#A81D3A #A8451D #A88A1D

triadic

#A8451D #1DA845 #451DA8

tetradic

#A8451D #3AA81D #1D80A8 #8A1DA8

square

#A8451D #3AA81D #1D80A8 #8A1DA8

split-complementary

#A8451D #1DA88A #1D3AA8

monochromatic

#401A0B #743014 #A8451D #DA5B28 #E3835C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A8451D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A8451D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8451D

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8451D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8451D	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8451d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 69, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.140 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7c5c',
    500: '#a8451d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8451d;
$custom-light: #ca7c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8451d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.266,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51684,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8451D

secondary

#5AA8C7

accent

#BAED3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8451D

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

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