#A9491C#A9491C

#A9491C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.138 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9491C
RGB	rgb(169, 73, 28)
HSL	hsl(19, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(19, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 36.99, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 57.48, 49.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% 0.1016 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.138 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9563, 13.2865, 2.6647)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9491C #1C7CA9

analogous

#A91C35 #A9491C #A98F1C

triadic

#A9491C #1CA949 #491CA9

tetradic

#A9491C #35A91C #1C7CA9 #8F1CA9

square

#A9491C #35A91C #1C7CA9 #8F1CA9

split-complementary

#A9491C #1CA98F #1C35A9

monochromatic

#401C0B #743213 #A9491C #DB6127 #E4875B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#A9491C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#A9491C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9491C

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9491C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9491C	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9491c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 73, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.138 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7e5c',
    500: '#a9491c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9491c;
$custom-light: #ca7e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9491c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.149,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52417,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9491C

secondary

#59A4C8

accent

#B5EE39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9491C

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

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