#A8501D#A8501D

#A8501D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.131 H 46.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8501D
RGB	rgb(168, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(22, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(22, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 33.01, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 55.52, 53.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.0898 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.131 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2408, 14.1533, 2.8808)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8501D #1D75A8

analogous

#A81D30 #A8501D #A8951D

triadic

#A8501D #1DA850 #501DA8

tetradic

#A8501D #30A81D #1D75A8 #951DA8

square

#A8501D #30A81D #1D75A8 #951DA8

split-complementary

#A8501D #1DA895 #1D30A8

monochromatic

#401E0B #743714 #A8501D #DA6928 #E38E5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#A8501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A8501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8501D

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8501D	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.131 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9835d',
    500: '#a8501d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8501d;
$custom-light: #c9835d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.014,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53347,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8501D

secondary

#5A9FC7

accent

#ACED3A

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8501D

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

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