#A14821#A14821

#A14821 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.129 H 42.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A14821
RGB	rgb(161, 72, 33)
HSL	hsl(18, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(18, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.73, 34.49, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.73, 52.63, 49.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% 0.0955 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.129 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2916, 12.3239, 2.9067)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A14821 #217AA1

analogous

#A1213A #A14821 #A18821

triadic

#A14821 #21A148 #4821A1

tetradic

#A14821 #3AA121 #217AA1 #8821A1

square

#A14821 #3AA121 #217AA1 #8821A1

split-complementary

#A14821 #21A188 #213AA1

monochromatic

#3B1B0C #6E3117 #A14821 #D45F2C #DE855E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A14821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A14821 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A14821

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A14821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A14821	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61561C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B13440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a14821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 72, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.129 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47d5f',
    500: '#a14821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a14821;
$custom-light: #c47d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a14821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.281,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5106,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A14821

secondary

#5BA3C3

accent

#B5E93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A14821

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

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