#A8491E#A8491E

#A8491E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.137 H 42.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8491E
RGB	rgb(168, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(19, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(19, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.04, 36.66, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.04, 56.41, 49.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.101 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.137 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7673, 13.1862, 2.7850)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8491E #1E7DA8

analogous

#A81E38 #A8491E #A88E1E

triadic

#A8491E #1EA849 #491EA8

tetradic

#A8491E #38A81E #1E7DA8 #8E1EA8

square

#A8491E #38A81E #1E7DA8 #8E1EA8

split-complementary

#A8491E #1EA88E #1E38A8

monochromatic

#401C0B #743215 #A8491E #D9612A #E2875E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#A8491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#A8491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8491E

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8491E	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.137 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e5d',
    500: '#a8491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8491e;
$custom-light: #c97e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.696,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52276,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8491E

secondary

#5BA5C7

accent

#B5ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8491E

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

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