#A14521#A14521

#A14521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.132 H 40.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A14521
RGB	rgb(161, 69, 33)
HSL	hsl(17, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(17, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, 36.03, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 53.21, 47.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.1002 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.132 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1024, 11.9454, 2.8437)
Luminance	0.1194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A14521 #217DA1

analogous

#A1213D #A14521 #A18521

triadic

#A14521 #21A145 #4521A1

tetradic

#A14521 #3DA121 #217DA1 #8521A1

square

#A14521 #3DA121 #217DA1 #8521A1

split-complementary

#A14521 #21A185 #213DA1

monochromatic

#3B190C #6E2F17 #A14521 #D45B2C #DE825E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#A14521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#A14521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A14521

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A14521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A14521	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F541C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1303E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a14521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 69, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.132 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47b5f',
    500: '#a14521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a14521;
$custom-light: #c47b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a14521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.875,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50606,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A14521

secondary

#5BA6C3

accent

#B9E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A14521

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

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