#A2522B#A2522B

#A2522B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.118 H 44.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2522B
RGB	rgb(162, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(20, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 30.05, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 47.74, 50.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.0836 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.118 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3553, 13.8926, 4.0000)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2522B #2B7BA2

analogous

#A22B3F #A2522B #A28E2B

triadic

#A2522B #2BA252 #522BA2

tetradic

#A2522B #3FA22B #2B7BA2 #8E2BA2

square

#A2522B #3FA22B #2B7BA2 #8E2BA2

split-complementary

#A2522B #2BA28E #2B3FA2

monochromatic

#412111 #723A1E #A2522B #CC6D3E #D9916F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#A2522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#A2522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2522B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2522B	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.118 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38466',
    500: '#a2522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2522b;
$custom-light: #c38466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.664,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52916,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2522B

secondary

#69A3C0

accent

#AFE147

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2522B

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

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