#A8491D#A8491D

#A8491D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.137 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8491D
RGB	rgb(168, 73, 29)
HSL	hsl(19, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(19, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 36.63, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 56.74, 49.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.1007 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.137 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7547, 13.1811, 2.7188)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8491D #1D7CA8

analogous

#A81D36 #A8491D #A88E1D

triadic

#A8491D #1DA849 #491DA8

tetradic

#A8491D #36A81D #1D7CA8 #8E1DA8

square

#A8491D #36A81D #1D7CA8 #8E1DA8

split-complementary

#A8491D #1DA88E #1D36A8

monochromatic

#401C0B #743214 #A8491D #DA6128 #E3875C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#A8491D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#A8491D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8491D

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8491D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8491D	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8491d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 73, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.137 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e5d',
    500: '#a8491d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8491d;
$custom-light: #c97e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8491d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.993,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52268,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8491D

secondary

#5AA4C7

accent

#B5ED3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8491D

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

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