#A5521F#A5521F

#A5521F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.126 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5521F
RGB	rgb(165, 82, 31)
HSL	hsl(23, 68%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(23, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 81.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, 30.78, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 53.32, 54.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.0836 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.126 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7835, 14.1352, 3.0353)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5521F #1F72A5

analogous

#A51F2F #A5521F #A5951F

triadic

#A5521F #1FA552 #521FA5

tetradic

#A5521F #2FA51F #1F72A5 #951FA5

square

#A5521F #2FA51F #1F72A5 #951FA5

split-complementary

#A5521F #1FA595 #1F2FA5

monochromatic

#3E1F0C #713815 #A5521F #D76C2A #E1905E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A5521F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A5521F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5521F

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5521F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5521F	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5521f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 82, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.126 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6845f',
    500: '#a5521f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5521f;
$custom-light: #c6845f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5521f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.836,
    "s": 68.367,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53239,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5521F

secondary

#5B9DC5

accent

#A9EB3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5521F

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

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