#A8481E#A8481E

#A8481E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.138 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8481E
RGB	rgb(168, 72, 30)
HSL	hsl(18, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(18, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, 37.17, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 56.60, 48.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.13% 0.1025 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(52.13% 0.138 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7021, 13.0558, 2.7632)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8481E #1E7EA8

analogous

#A81E39 #A8481E #A88D1E

triadic

#A8481E #1EA848 #481EA8

tetradic

#A8481E #39A81E #1E7EA8 #8D1EA8

square

#A8481E #39A81E #1E7EA8 #8D1EA8

split-complementary

#A8481E #1EA88D #1E39A8

monochromatic

#401B0B #743215 #A8481E #D95F2A #E2865E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#A8481E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A8481E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8481E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8481E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8481E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8481e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 72, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.138 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e5d',
    500: '#a8481e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8481e;
$custom-light: #c97e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8481e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.261,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52128,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8481E

secondary

#5BA6C7

accent

#B7ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8481E

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