#A15516#A15516

#A15516 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.123 H 54.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A15516
RGB	rgb(161, 85, 22)
HSL	hsl(27, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(27, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 27.17, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 54.36, 60.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.1% 0.0719 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(53.1% 0.123 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0930, 14.1341, 2.5343)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A15516 #1662A1

analogous

#A1161D #A15516 #A19A16

triadic

#A15516 #16A155 #5516A1

tetradic

#A15516 #1DA116 #1662A1 #9A16A1

square

#A15516 #1DA116 #1662A1 #9A16A1

split-complementary

#A15516 #16A19A #161DA1

monochromatic

#351C07 #6B390F #A15516 #D7711D #E6914B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A15516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A15516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A15516

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A15516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A15516	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a15516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 85, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.123 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4865a',
    500: '#a15516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a15516;
$custom-light: #c4865a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a15516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.194,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53098,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A15516

secondary

#4B8FC8

accent

#9DF335

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A15516

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

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