#932A25Saffronaut (#932A25) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 27°, lightness 0.45 and chroma 0.141. 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.
| HEX | #932A25 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(147, 42, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(3, 60%, 36%) |
| HSV | hsv(3, 75%, 58%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 71%, 75%, 42%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(34 43.5 28.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.448 0.141 27) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Saffronaut is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#942621 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#962923 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#932a25 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#932a26 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchangedTest Saffronaut in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 8.08:1 and against black 2.6:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
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.
#e28c82 · #bf6258 · #932a25 · #720d0e · #400001 · #130000
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.
#a6652b · #9e4921 · #932a25 · #7a1932 · #600d38 · #450437
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.
#c8a874 · #ba8300 · #876c3f · #932a25 · #6b1513 · #470001
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.
#00ddf2 · #bc847d · #8b6b66 · #932a25 · #592520 · #30120f
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e3f6f9 · #bfa7a4 · #647173 · #932a25 · #4d3633 · #000102
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.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #932a25
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d5faff · #3dc1d2 · #007d89 · #932a25 · #00454d · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d2d7b1 · #71b5d6 · #648d80 · #932a25 · #3a483a · #1a0b03
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e0fae2 · #7bc183 · #4968bf · #932a25 · #21367a · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eff6d6 · #a8b760 · #007d89 · #932a25 · #452972 · #000304
#A94C44 · #BF6C63 · #D48B82 · #E8ABA3 · #FCCBC4
#7E1E1B · #691311 · #550707 · #420001 · #2D0000
#883831 · #7B423B · #6E4A45
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.