#A9482B#A9482B

#A9482B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.135 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9482B
RGB	rgb(169, 72, 43)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, 38.07, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 52.67, 43.71°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% 0.1075 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.135 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1175, 13.2467, 3.8352)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9482B #2B8CA9

analogous

#A92B4D #A9482B #A9872B

triadic

#A9482B #2BA948 #482BA9

tetradic

#A9482B #4DA92B #2B8CA9 #872BA9

square

#A9482B #4DA92B #2B8CA9 #872BA9

split-complementary

#A9482B #2BA987 #2B4DA9

monochromatic

#471E12 #78331F #A9482B #CF6342 #DB8B73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#A9482B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#A9482B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9482B

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9482B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9482B	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9482b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 72, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.135 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e66',
    500: '#a9482b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9482b;
$custom-light: #c97e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9482b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.81,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52415,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9482B

secondary

#6DAFC3

accent

#BEE345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9482B

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

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