#A15A21#A15A21

#A15A21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.116 H 55.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A15A21
RGB	rgb(161, 90, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 79.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 24.77, 43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 50.13, 60.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.0662 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.116 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6303, 15.0013, 3.3530)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A15A21 #2168A1

analogous

#A12128 #A15A21 #A19A21

triadic

#A15A21 #21A15A #5A21A1

tetradic

#A15A21 #28A121 #2168A1 #9A21A1

square

#A15A21 #28A121 #2168A1 #9A21A1

split-complementary

#A15A21 #21A19A #2128A1

monochromatic

#3B210C #6E3E17 #A15A21 #D4762C #DE975E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A15A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A15A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A15A21

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A15A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A15A21	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a15a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 90, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.116 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38960',
    500: '#a15a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a15a21;
$custom-light: #c38960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a15a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.719,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54052,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A15A21

secondary

#5B95C3

accent

#9DE93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A15A21

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

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