#A6511E#A6511E

#A6511E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.128 H 47.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6511E
RGB	rgb(166, 81, 30)
HSL	hsl(23, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, 31.70, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 54.22, 54.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.0861 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.128 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9045, 14.0879, 2.9518)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6511E #1E73A6

analogous

#A61E2F #A6511E #A6951E

triadic

#A6511E #1EA651 #511EA6

tetradic

#A6511E #2FA61E #1E73A6 #951EA6

square

#A6511E #2FA61E #1E73A6 #951EA6

split-complementary

#A6511E #1EA695 #1E2FA6

monochromatic

#3E1E0B #723815 #A6511E #D86B29 #E28F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#A6511E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#A6511E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6511E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6511E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6511E	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)

#695D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B63E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6511e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 81, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.128 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7835e',
    500: '#a6511e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6511e;
$custom-light: #c7835e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6511e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53216,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6511E

secondary

#5A9DC6

accent

#AAEC3C

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6511E

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

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