#A27521#A27521

#A27521 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.111 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A27521
RGB	rgb(162, 117, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 9.94, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 51.02, 78.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.0225 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.111 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5376, 20.5155, 4.2641)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A27521 #214EA2

analogous

#A23421 #A27521 #8EA221

triadic

#A27521 #21A275 #7521A2

tetradic

#A27521 #21A234 #214EA2 #A2218E

square

#A27521 #21A234 #214EA2 #A2218E

split-complementary

#A27521 #218EA2 #3421A2

monochromatic

#3C2C0C #6F5017 #A27521 #D4992C #DEB25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A27521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A27521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A27521

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A27521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A27521	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a27521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 117, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.111 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29c63',
    500: '#a27521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a27521;
$custom-light: #c29c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a27521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.07,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59343,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A27521

secondary

#5C80C3

accent

#7AE93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A27521

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

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