#A8461E#A8461E

#A8461E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.139 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8461E
RGB	rgb(168, 70, 30)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(17, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, 38.16, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 56.99, 47.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.1056 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.139 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5749, 12.8014, 2.7208)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8461E #1E80A8

analogous

#A81E3B #A8461E #A88B1E

triadic

#A8461E #1EA846 #461EA8

tetradic

#A8461E #3BA81E #1E80A8 #8B1EA8

square

#A8461E #3BA81E #1E80A8 #8B1EA8

split-complementary

#A8461E #1EA88B #1E3BA8

monochromatic

#401B0B #743015 #A8461E #D95D2A #E2845E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#A8461E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A8461E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8461E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8461E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8461E	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)

#625718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8461e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 70, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.139 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7c5d',
    500: '#a8461e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8461e;
$custom-light: #ca7c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8461e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.391,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51836,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8461E

secondary

#5BA7C7

accent

#B9ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8461E

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