#A0522C#A0522C

#A0522C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.116 H 45.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0522C
RGB	rgb(160, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(20, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 72.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, 29.27, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 46.52, 51.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% 0.0816 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.116 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9707, 13.6921, 4.0789)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0522C #2C7AA0

analogous

#A02C40 #A0522C #A08C2C

triadic

#A0522C #2CA052 #522CA0

tetradic

#A0522C #40A02C #2C7AA0 #8C2CA0

square

#A0522C #40A02C #2C7AA0 #8C2CA0

split-complementary

#A0522C #2CA08C #2C40A0

monochromatic

#402112 #70391F #A0522C #CA6D3F #D7916F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#A0522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#A0522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0522C

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0522C	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF424A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.116 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28467',
    500: '#a0522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0522c;
$custom-light: #c28467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.655,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52636,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0522C

secondary

#69A3BF

accent

#AEE048

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#130B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0522C

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

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