#A04521#A04521

#A04521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.131 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04521
RGB	rgb(160, 69, 33)
HSL	hsl(17, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(17, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 79.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.96, 35.63, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.96, 52.78, 47.54°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% 0.0991 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.131 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9016, 11.8419, 2.8342)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04521 #217CA0

analogous

#A0213C #A04521 #A08421

triadic

#A04521 #21A045 #4521A0

tetradic

#A04521 #3CA021 #217CA0 #8421A0

square

#A04521 #3CA021 #217CA0 #8421A0

split-complementary

#A04521 #21A084 #213CA0

monochromatic

#3B190C #6D2F17 #A04521 #D35B2B #DE825E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#A04521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A04521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04521

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04521	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E541C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0303E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 69, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.131 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37b5f',
    500: '#a04521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04521;
$custom-light: #c37b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.008,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50448,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04521

secondary

#5BA5C2

accent

#B9E93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140904

muted

#827B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04521

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

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