#A1522B#A1522B

#A1522B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.117 H 45.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1522B
RGB	rgb(161, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(20, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 73.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 29.63, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 47.32, 51.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.0825 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.117 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1529, 13.7882, 3.9905)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1522B #2B7AA1

analogous

#A12B3F #A1522B #A18D2B

triadic

#A1522B #2BA152 #522BA1

tetradic

#A1522B #3FA12B #2B7AA1 #8D2BA1

square

#A1522B #3FA12B #2B7AA1 #8D2BA1

split-complementary

#A1522B #2BA18D #2B3FA1

monochromatic

#402111 #71391E #A1522B #CB6D3E #D8916E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#A1522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#A1522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1522B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1522B	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B04249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.117 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38466',
    500: '#a1522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1522b;
$custom-light: #c38466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.831,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5277,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1522B

secondary

#69A3BF

accent

#AEE147

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1522B

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

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