#A5522E#A5522E

#A5522E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.120 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5522E
RGB	rgb(165, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 31.44, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 47.92, 48.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.0881 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.12 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0292, 14.2334, 4.3295)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5522E #2E81A5

analogous

#A52E46 #A5522E #A58E2E

triadic

#A5522E #2EA552 #522EA5

tetradic

#A5522E #46A52E #2E81A5 #8E2EA5

square

#A5522E #46A52E #2E81A5 #8E2EA5

split-complementary

#A5522E #2EA58E #2E46A5

monochromatic

#452213 #753A21 #A5522E #CB6E45 #D89375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#A5522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A5522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5522E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5522E	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D702C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5414A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.120 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68468',
    500: '#a5522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5522e;
$custom-light: #c68468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.151,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53391,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5522E

secondary

#6FA8C0

accent

#B2E048

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5522E

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

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