#A8491F#A8491F

#A8491F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.136 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8491F
RGB	rgb(168, 73, 31)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(18, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, 36.70, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 56.08, 49.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1013 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.136 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7803, 13.1913, 2.8533)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8491F #1F7EA8

analogous

#A81F3A #A8491F #A88E1F

triadic

#A8491F #1FA849 #491FA8

tetradic

#A8491F #3AA81F #1F7EA8 #8E1FA8

square

#A8491F #3AA81F #1F7EA8 #8E1FA8

split-complementary

#A8491F #1FA88E #1F3AA8

monochromatic

#411C0C #743315 #A8491F #D8612C #E28860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#A8491F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#A8491F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8491F

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8491F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8491F	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)

#645819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8491f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 73, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.136 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e5e',
    500: '#a8491f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8491f;
$custom-light: #c97e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8491f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.394,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52284,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8491F

secondary

#5DA6C6

accent

#B6EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8491F

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

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