#A84520#A84520

#A84520 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.140 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84520
RGB	rgb(168, 69, 32)
HSL	hsl(16, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(16, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 38.72, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 56.54, 46.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.1076 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.14 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5393, 12.6879, 2.8390)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84520 #2083A8

analogous

#A8203F #A84520 #A88920

triadic

#A84520 #20A845 #4520A8

tetradic

#A84520 #3FA820 #2083A8 #8920A8

square

#A84520 #3FA820 #2083A8 #8920A8

split-complementary

#A84520 #20A889 #203FA8

monochromatic

#411B0C #753016 #A84520 #D75C2E #E18461

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A84520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A84520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84520

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84520	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61561B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 69, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.140 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97c5e',
    500: '#a84520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84520;
$custom-light: #c97c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.324,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5171,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84520

secondary

#5EAAC6

accent

#BCEB3D

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84520

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

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