#A45521#A45521

#A45521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.122 H 50.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45521
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 33)
HSL	hsl(24, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(24, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 28.81, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 51.81, 56.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.0781 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.122 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8346, 14.5016, 3.2458)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45521 #2170A4

analogous

#A4212E #A45521 #A49621

triadic

#A45521 #21A455 #5521A4

tetradic

#A45521 #2EA421 #2170A4 #9621A4

square

#A45521 #2EA421 #2170A4 #9621A4

split-complementary

#A45521 #21A496 #212EA4

monochromatic

#3E200C #713B17 #A45521 #D5702D #DF9360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#A45521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A45521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45521

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45521	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4444A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.122 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58660',
    500: '#a45521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45521;
$custom-light: #c58660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.817,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5361,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45521

secondary

#5D9BC4

accent

#A6E93E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45521

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

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