#A8461D#A8461D

#A8461D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.140 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8461D
RGB	rgb(168, 70, 29)
HSL	hsl(18, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(18, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, 38.13, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 57.31, 48.30°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1053 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.14 41)
XYZ	xyz(18.5624, 12.7964, 2.6547)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8461D #1D7FA8

analogous

#A81D39 #A8461D #A88B1D

triadic

#A8461D #1DA846 #461DA8

tetradic

#A8461D #39A81D #1D7FA8 #8B1DA8

square

#A8461D #39A81D #1D7FA8 #8B1DA8

split-complementary

#A8461D #1DA88B #1D39A8

monochromatic

#401B0B #743014 #A8461D #DA5D28 #E3845C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#A8461D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A8461D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8461D

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8461D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8461D	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8461d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 70, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.140 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7c5d',
    500: '#a8461d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8461d;
$custom-light: #ca7c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8461d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.698,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51828,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.12794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8461D

secondary

#5AA7C7

accent

#B9ED3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8461D

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

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