#A9481C#A9481C

#A9481C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.139 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9481C
RGB	rgb(169, 72, 28)
HSL	hsl(19, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(19, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 37.49, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 57.67, 49.44°)
OKLab	oklab(52.27% 0.1031 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(52.27% 0.139 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8912, 13.1561, 2.6430)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9481C #1C7DA9

analogous

#A91C37 #A9481C #A98E1C

triadic

#A9481C #1CA948 #481CA9

tetradic

#A9481C #37A91C #1C7DA9 #8E1CA9

square

#A9481C #37A91C #1C7DA9 #8E1CA9

split-complementary

#A9481C #1CA98E #1C37A9

monochromatic

#401B0B #743213 #A9481C #DB5F27 #E4865B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#A9481C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A9481C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9481C

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9481C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9481C	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA313F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9481c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 72, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.139 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7e5c',
    500: '#a9481c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9481c;
$custom-light: #ca7e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9481c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.723,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52269,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9481C

secondary

#59A5C8

accent

#B6EE39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9481C

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

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