#A1521D#A1521D

#A1521D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.122 H 50.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1521D
RGB	rgb(161, 82, 29)
HSL	hsl(24, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(24, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 82%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.80, 29.03, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.80, 52.42, 56.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% 0.0784 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.122 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9387, 13.7025, 2.8623)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1521D #1D6CA1

analogous

#A11D2A #A1521D #A1941D

triadic

#A1521D #1DA152 #521DA1

tetradic

#A1521D #2AA11D #1D6CA1 #941DA1

square

#A1521D #2AA11D #1D6CA1 #941DA1

split-complementary

#A1521D #1DA194 #1D2AA1

monochromatic

#391D0A #6D3814 #A1521D #D56C26 #E18F58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#A1521D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#A1521D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1521D

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1521D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1521D	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1521d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 82, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.122 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3845d',
    500: '#a1521d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1521d;
$custom-light: #c3845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1521d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.091,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52635,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1521D

secondary

#5598C4

accent

#A5EC3C

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1521D

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

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