#A84521#A84521

#A84521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.139 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A84521
RGBrgb(168, 69, 33)
HSLhsl(16, 67%, 39%)
HSVhsv(16, 80%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 58.9%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(42.30, 38.76, 40.71)
CIE-LCHlch(42.30, 56.21, 46.40°)
OKLaboklab(51.72% 0.1079 0.0883)
OKLCHoklch(51.72% 0.139 39.3)
XYZxyz(18.5531, 12.6934, 2.9117)
Luminance0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A84521 #2184A8
analogous
#A82141 #A84521 #A88921
triadic
#A84521 #21A845 #4521A8
tetradic
#A84521 #41A821 #2184A8 #8921A8
square
#A84521 #41A821 #2184A8 #8921A8
split-complementary
#A84521 #21A889 #2141A8
monochromatic
#421B0D #753017 #A84521 #D65C30 #E08463

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94
#A84521 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54
#A84521 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84521
5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A84521#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A845211.005.943.545.94
#FFFFFF5.941.0021.001.00
#0000003.5421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.941.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#61561C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#796C1E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B92E3E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a84521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 69, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.139 39.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97c5f',
    500: '#a84521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a84521;
$custom-light: #c97c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a84521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51719,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A84521
secondary
#5FAAC5
accent
#BCEA3E
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FAEEE9
border
#D3C9C5
text
#150A05
muted
#837C79

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#A84521 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva