#A9402E#A9402E

#A9402E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.142 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9402E
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 42.09, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 53.56, 38.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1205 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.142 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6907, 12.3016, 3.9745)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9402E #2E97A9

analogous

#A92E5A #A9402E #A97D2E

triadic

#A9402E #2EA940 #402EA9

tetradic

#A9402E #5AA92E #2E97A9 #7D2EA9

square

#A9402E #5AA92E #2E97A9 #7D2EA9

split-complementary

#A9402E #2EA97D #2E5AA9

monochromatic

#491C14 #792E21 #A9402E #CD5B47 #DA8677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#A9402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A9402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9402E

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9402E	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA273C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.142 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7967',
    500: '#a9402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9402e;
$custom-light: #ca7967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51336,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9402E

secondary

#71B6C2

accent

#CAE047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9402E

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

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