#A0521E#A0521E

#A0521E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.121 H 50.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0521E
RGB	rgb(160, 82, 30)
HSL	hsl(24, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(24, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 81.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.66, 28.65, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.66, 51.67, 56.33°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.0774 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.121 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7505, 13.6040, 2.9191)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0521E #1E6CA0

analogous

#A01E2B #A0521E #A0931E

triadic

#A0521E #1EA052 #521EA0

tetradic

#A0521E #2BA01E #1E6CA0 #931EA0

square

#A0521E #2BA01E #1E6CA0 #931EA0

split-complementary

#A0521E #1EA093 #1E2BA0

monochromatic

#391D0B #6C3814 #A0521E #D46C28 #E08F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#A0521E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#A0521E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0521E

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0521E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0521E	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B04148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0521e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 82, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.121 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3845e',
    500: '#a0521e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0521e;
$custom-light: #c3845e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0521e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52497,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0521E

secondary

#5698C4

accent

#A5EB3D

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0521E

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

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