Russet #A13905

About this color

#A13905 is a medium-dark, vivid orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 49%, its chroma 0.148 and its hue 41°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Russet. White text reads best on it, at 6.76:1.

Colors that go with Russet

Matches found by rotating Russet around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Russet

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Russet, closest first.

• Cardamom Bazaar
• Harvest Season
• Quince Fireside
• Russet Fireside
• Pie and Formica
• Milkshake and Pinstripe
• Chrome and Cadillac
• Cherry and Pie

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Russet, with their ΔE distance.

• Brick #A03623 ΔE 0.022
• Burnt Umber #A0450E ΔE 0.023
• Rust Red #AA2704 ΔE 0.031
• Rusty Red #AF2F0D ΔE 0.031
• Burnt Red #9F2305 ΔE 0.037
• Brown #A52A2A ΔE 0.043
• Rufous #AE2012 ΔE 0.043
• Brown Red #922B05 ΔE 0.045

More about Russet

• Shades of orange
• What orange means

How to make Russet

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts red
• 2 parts brown
• 1 part orange

Recipe result: #A03C2B, a difference of ΔE 0.025 from Russet. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Russet in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Russet

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 700.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FCF3F1

   oklch(97.1% 0.01 32.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F7E6E0

   oklch(93.7% 0.02 40.5)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F1D1C6

   oklch(88.5% 0.039 39.9)

4. Step 300

   300

   #EAB29E

   oklch(81% 0.071 40.5)

5. Step 400

   400

   #DD8768

   oklch(70.7% 0.115 40.5)

6. Step 500

   500

   #D1663D

   oklch(63.1% 0.146 40.8)

7. Step 600

   600

   #BC4A18

   oklch(55.5% 0.158 40.8)

8. Step 700

   700 (this color)

   #A13905

   oklch(48.8% 0.148 40.7)

9. Step 800

   800

   #84310D

   oklch(42.8% 0.123 40.6)

10. Step 900

    900

    #6A2C14

    oklch(37.6% 0.096 40.5)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3E1B0D

    oklch(27% 0.06 41.7)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Russet with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.