#A94222#A94222

#A94222 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.143 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A94222
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 34)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.92, 40.63, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.92, 56.94, 44.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.1137 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.143 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6011, 12.4495, 2.9366)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A94222 #2289A9

analogous

#A92246 #A94222 #A98522

triadic

#A94222 #22A942 #4222A9

tetradic

#A94222 #46A922 #2289A9 #8522A9

square

#A94222 #46A922 #2289A9 #8522A9

split-complementary

#A94222 #22A985 #2246A9

monochromatic

#431A0D #762E18 #A94222 #D65932 #E08265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#A94222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A94222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A94222

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A94222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A94222	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F551E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a94222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.143 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a5f',
    500: '#a94222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a94222;
$custom-light: #ca7a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a94222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5147,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A94222

secondary

#61AEC5

accent

#C1E93E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A94222

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

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