#A5512E#A5512E

#A5512E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.121 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5512E
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, 31.98, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 48.10, 48.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.0898 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.121 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9544, 14.0837, 4.3045)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5512E #2E82A5

analogous

#A52E47 #A5512E #A58D2E

triadic

#A5512E #2EA551 #512EA5

tetradic

#A5512E #47A52E #2E82A5 #8D2EA5

square

#A5512E #47A52E #2E82A5 #8D2EA5

split-complementary

#A5512E #2EA58D #2E47A5

monochromatic

#452213 #753A21 #A5512E #CB6C45 #D89275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#A5512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#A5512E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5512E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5512E	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.121 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68368',
    500: '#a5512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5512e;
$custom-light: #c68368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53228,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5512E

secondary

#6FA8C0

accent

#B3E048

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5512E

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

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