#A8553F#A8553F

#A8553F is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.115 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8553F
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 63)
HSL	hsl(13, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 62.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.88, 32.11, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.88, 42.79, 41.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.0929 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.115 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2958, 15.1830, 6.5635)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8553F #3F92A8

analogous

#A83F5E #A8553F #A8893F

triadic

#A8553F #3FA855 #553FA8

tetradic

#A8553F #5EA83F #3F92A8 #893FA8

square

#A8553F #5EA83F #3F92A8 #893FA8

split-complementary

#A8553F #3FA889 #3F5EA8

monochromatic

#4F281E #7B3E2E #A8553F #C47561 #D49C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#A8553F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A8553F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8553F

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8553F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8553F	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A623D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8553f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.115 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78674',
    500: '#a8553f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8553f;
$custom-light: #c78674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8553f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.571,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5456,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8553F

secondary

#84B3BF

accent

#BAD553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8553F

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

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