#A8451F#A8451F

#A8451F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.140 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8451F
RGB	rgb(168, 69, 31)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(17, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, 38.69, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 56.87, 47.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1074 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.14 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5259, 12.6825, 2.7685)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8451F #1F82A8

analogous

#A81F3E #A8451F #A88A1F

triadic

#A8451F #1FA845 #451FA8

tetradic

#A8451F #3EA81F #1F82A8 #8A1FA8

square

#A8451F #3EA81F #1F82A8 #8A1FA8

split-complementary

#A8451F #1FA88A #1F3EA8

monochromatic

#411B0C #743015 #A8451F #D85C2C #E28460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A8451F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A8451F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8451F

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8451F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8451F	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61561A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8451f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 69, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.140 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7c5e',
    500: '#a8451f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8451f;
$custom-light: #ca7c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8451f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.642,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51701,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8451F

secondary

#5DA9C6

accent

#BBEC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8451F

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

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