#A14921#A14921

#A14921 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.128 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A14921
RGB	rgb(161, 73, 33)
HSL	hsl(19, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(19, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, 33.98, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 52.45, 49.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% 0.0939 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.128 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3568, 12.4542, 2.9285)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A14921 #2179A1

analogous

#A12139 #A14921 #A18921

triadic

#A14921 #21A149 #4921A1

tetradic

#A14921 #39A121 #2179A1 #8921A1

square

#A14921 #39A121 #2179A1 #8921A1

split-complementary

#A14921 #21A189 #2139A1

monochromatic

#3B1B0C #6E3217 #A14921 #D4602C #DE865E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#A14921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A14921 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A14921

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A14921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A14921	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62571C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B13641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a14921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 73, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.128 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47e5f',
    500: '#a14921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a14921;
$custom-light: #c47e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a14921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51214,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A14921

secondary

#5BA2C3

accent

#B4E93F

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEE9

border

#D2C9C5

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A14921

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

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