#A6521E#A6521E

#A6521E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.127 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6521E
RGB	rgb(166, 82, 30)
HSL	hsl(23, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 31.16, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 54.07, 54.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.0845 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.127 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9794, 14.2377, 2.9767)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6521E #1E72A6

analogous

#A61E2E #A6521E #A6961E

triadic

#A6521E #1EA652 #521EA6

tetradic

#A6521E #2EA61E #1E72A6 #961EA6

square

#A6521E #2EA61E #1E72A6 #961EA6

split-complementary

#A6521E #1EA696 #1E2EA6

monochromatic

#3E1F0B #723815 #A6521E #D86C29 #E2905D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#A6521E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A6521E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6521E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6521E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6521E	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)

#6A5E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6521e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 82, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.127 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7845e',
    500: '#a6521e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6521e;
$custom-light: #c7845e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6521e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.941,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53379,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6521E

secondary

#5A9DC6

accent

#A9EC3C

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6521E

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

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