Muddy `#A13905`

Muddy (#A13905) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 41°, lightness 0.49 and chroma 0.148. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#A13905`
RGB	`rgb(161, 57, 5)`
HSL	`hsl(20, 94%, 33%)`
HSV	`hsv(20, 97%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 65%, 97%, 37%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(38.8 41.2 48.4)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.488 0.148 41)`

How Muddy behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Muddy is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #a23500 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #a43802 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #a13905 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #a13a06 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Muddy in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 6.77:1 and against black 3.1:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Muddy

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#f5a183 · #d27654 · #a13905 · #822a00 · #4e1500 · #220300

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#ac7624 · #a95904 · #a13905 · #8b2526 · #721631 · #570a35

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#ccb97d · #b99700 · #8c7c47 · #a13905 · #772600 · #4e1500

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#0ed2ff · #97776b · #a13905 · #65311d · #421605 · #1e0400

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e3f5fc · #c5aea6 · #707c80 · #a13905 · #584138 · #000305

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f9 · #becdd3 · #90a2a8 · #142c33 · #00090f · #a13905

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#dff7ff · #49c5e8 · #0087a5 · #a13905 · #005063 · #220300

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#c5d9b8 · #8cb1dc · #679796 · #a13905 · #414e5b · #140d05

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d9fce8 · #67cb9b · #6c6cce · #a13905 · #3d3a88 · #000401

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e8f8da · #9ac371 · #0087a5 · #a13905 · #5c2e78 · #000408

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#B55835 · #C87658 · #DB9379 · #EDB19B · #FECEBD

Shades

#882D00 · #6F2200 · #561800 · #3F0F00 · #2A0600

Muted

#954526 · #884E39 · #7A5648

Using Muddy

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.