#A9432A#A9432A

#A9432A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.140 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9432A
RGB	rgb(169, 67, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, 40.48, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 54.11, 41.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1148 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.14 35)
XYZ	xyz(18.7892, 12.6191, 3.6364)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9432A #2A90A9

analogous

#A92A51 #A9432A #A9832A

triadic

#A9432A #2AA943 #432AA9

tetradic

#A9432A #51A92A #2A90A9 #832AA9

square

#A9432A #51A92A #2A90A9 #832AA9

split-complementary

#A9432A #2AA983 #2A51A9

monochromatic

#471C12 #78301E #A9432A #D05D41 #DC8672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#A9432A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A9432A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9432A

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9432A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9432A	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9432a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 67, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.140 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7b65',
    500: '#a9432a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9432a;
$custom-light: #ca7b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9432a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.811,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51693,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.12616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9432A

secondary

#6CB2C3

accent

#C4E344

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9432A

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

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