#A84E38#A84E38

#A84E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.124 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84E38
RGB	rgb(168, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 35.34, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 46.62, 40.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1016 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.124 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5884, 14.0615, 5.4232)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84E38 #3892A8

analogous

#A8385A #A84E38 #A88638

triadic

#A84E38 #38A84E #4E38A8

tetradic

#A84E38 #5AA838 #3892A8 #8638A8

square

#A84E38 #5AA838 #3892A8 #8638A8

split-complementary

#A84E38 #38A886 #385AA8

monochromatic

#4C2319 #7A3929 #A84E38 #C76C56 #D69484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#A84E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#A84E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84E38

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84E38	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.124 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8826f',
    500: '#a84e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84e38;
$custom-light: #c8826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.786,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53337,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84E38

secondary

#7CB3C0

accent

#BEDA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84E38

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

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