#A0521C#A0521C

#A0521C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.122 H 50.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0521C
RGB	rgb(160, 82, 28)
HSL	hsl(25, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(25, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 82.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 28.58, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 52.37, 56.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% 0.0769 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.122 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7258, 13.5941, 2.7889)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0521C #1C6AA0

analogous

#A01C28 #A0521C #A0941C

triadic

#A0521C #1CA052 #521CA0

tetradic

#A0521C #28A01C #1C6AA0 #941CA0

square

#A0521C #28A01C #1C6AA0 #941CA0

split-complementary

#A0521C #1CA094 #1C28A0

monochromatic

#381D0A #6C3713 #A0521C #D46D25 #E18E55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#A0521C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#A0521C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0521C

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0521C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0521C	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)

#695C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B04147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0521c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 82, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.122 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3845d',
    500: '#a0521c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0521c;
$custom-light: #c3845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0521c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.545,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52481,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0521C

secondary

#5396C4

accent

#A4ED3B

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0521C

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

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