#A0521B#A0521B

#A0521B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.122 H 51.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0521B
RGB	rgb(160, 82, 27)
HSL	hsl(25, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(25, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, 28.54, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 52.71, 57.21°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.0767 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.122 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7140, 13.5894, 2.7269)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0521B #1B69A0

analogous

#A01B27 #A0521B #A0951B

triadic

#A0521B #1BA052 #521BA0

tetradic

#A0521B #27A01B #1B69A0 #951BA0

square

#A0521B #27A01B #1B69A0 #951BA0

split-complementary

#A0521B #1BA095 #1B27A0

monochromatic

#371C09 #6C3712 #A0521B #D46D24 #E28E53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#A0521B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#A0521B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0521B

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0521B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0521B	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B04147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0521b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 82, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.122 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3845c',
    500: '#a0521b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0521b;
$custom-light: #c3845c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0521b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.812,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52474,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0521B

secondary

#5295C5

accent

#A3EE3A

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0521B

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

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