#A3522B#A3522B

#A3522B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.119 H 44.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3522B
RGB	rgb(163, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(20, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(20, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 73.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 30.46, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 48.16, 50.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.0848 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.119 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5593, 13.9977, 4.0095)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3522B #2B7CA3

analogous

#A32B40 #A3522B #A38E2B

triadic

#A3522B #2BA352 #522BA3

tetradic

#A3522B #40A32B #2B7CA3 #8E2BA3

square

#A3522B #40A32B #2B7CA3 #8E2BA3

split-complementary

#A3522B #2BA38E #2B40A3

monochromatic

#422111 #733A1E #A3522B #CC6D3F #D9926F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#A3522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#A3522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3522B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3522B	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.119 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48466',
    500: '#a3522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3522b;
$custom-light: #c48466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53062,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3522B

secondary

#6AA4C0

accent

#AFE146

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3522B

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

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