#A1521E#A1521E

#A1521E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.122 H 49.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1521E
RGB	rgb(161, 82, 30)
HSL	hsl(24, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(24, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 81.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.81, 29.07, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.81, 52.07, 56.06°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% 0.0786 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.122 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9513, 13.7076, 2.9285)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1521E #1E6DA1

analogous

#A11E2B #A1521E #A1941E

triadic

#A1521E #1EA152 #521EA1

tetradic

#A1521E #2BA11E #1E6DA1 #941EA1

square

#A1521E #2BA11E #1E6DA1 #941EA1

split-complementary

#A1521E #1EA194 #1E2BA1

monochromatic

#3A1D0B #6D3814 #A1521E #D56C28 #E08F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#A1521E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#A1521E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1521E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1521E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1521E	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)

#695D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1521e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 82, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.122 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3845e',
    500: '#a1521e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1521e;
$custom-light: #c3845e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1521e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.817,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52643,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1521E

secondary

#5799C4

accent

#A6EB3C

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1521E

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

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