#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
RGB	rgb(168, 69, 33)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(16, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.30, 38.76, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.30, 56.21, 46.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.1079 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.139 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5531, 12.6934, 2.9117)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##A84521	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84521

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

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