#A8553D#A8553D

#A8553D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.115 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8553D
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(13, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 31.97, 29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 43.43, 42.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.0922 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.115 37)
XYZ	xyz(20.2410, 15.1611, 6.2744)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8553D #3D90A8

analogous

#A83D5A #A8553D #A88B3D

triadic

#A8553D #3DA855 #553DA8

tetradic

#A8553D #5AA83D #3D90A8 #8B3DA8

square

#A8553D #5AA83D #3D90A8 #8B3DA8

split-complementary

#A8553D #3DA88B #3D5AA8

monochromatic

#4E281C #7B3E2D #A8553D #C4755E #D59B8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A8553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A8553D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8553D

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8553D	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F733C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7464F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.115 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78673',
    500: '#a8553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8553d;
$custom-light: #c78673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.458,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54528,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.15159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8553D

secondary

#81B1BF

accent

#B9D651

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8553D

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

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