#A0521D#A0521D

#A0521D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.121 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0521D
RGB	rgb(160, 82, 29)
HSL	hsl(24, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(24, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 81.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 28.61, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 52.02, 56.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.0772 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.121 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7380, 13.5990, 2.8529)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0521D #1D6BA0

analogous

#A01D29 #A0521D #A0941D

triadic

#A0521D #1DA052 #521DA0

tetradic

#A0521D #29A01D #1D6BA0 #941DA0

square

#A0521D #29A01D #1D6BA0 #941DA0

split-complementary

#A0521D #1DA094 #1D29A0

monochromatic

#381D0A #6C3714 #A0521D #D46D26 #E18F57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#A0521D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#A0521D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0521D

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0521D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0521D	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)

#685C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B04147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0521d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 82, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.121 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3845d',
    500: '#a0521d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0521d;
$custom-light: #c3845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0521d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.275,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52489,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0521D

secondary

#5597C4

accent

#A5EC3C

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0521D

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

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