#A8481F#A8481F

#A8481F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.137 H 41.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8481F
RGB	rgb(168, 72, 31)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(18, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, 37.20, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 56.27, 48.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1028 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.137 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7151, 13.0610, 2.8316)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8481F #1F7FA8

analogous

#A81F3B #A8481F #A88D1F

triadic

#A8481F #1FA848 #481FA8

tetradic

#A8481F #3BA81F #1F7FA8 #8D1FA8

square

#A8481F #3BA81F #1F7FA8 #8D1FA8

split-complementary

#A8481F #1FA88D #1F3BA8

monochromatic

#411C0C #743215 #A8481F #D8602C #E28760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#A8481F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A8481F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8481F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8481F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8481F	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8481f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 72, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.137 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e5e',
    500: '#a8481f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8481f;
$custom-light: #c97e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8481f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.956,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52136,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8481F

secondary

#5DA7C6

accent

#B7EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8481F

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

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