#A8501E#A8501E

#A8501E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.131 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8501E
RGB	rgb(168, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(22, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 33.05, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 55.18, 53.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.09 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.131 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2534, 14.1583, 2.9470)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8501E #1E76A8

analogous

#A81E31 #A8501E #A8951E

triadic

#A8501E #1EA850 #501EA8

tetradic

#A8501E #31A81E #1E76A8 #951EA8

square

#A8501E #31A81E #1E76A8 #951EA8

split-complementary

#A8501E #1EA895 #1E31A8

monochromatic

#401F0B #743715 #A8501E #D96A2A #E28E5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#A8501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A8501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8501E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8501E	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)

#695D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.131 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9835e',
    500: '#a8501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8501e;
$custom-light: #c9835e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.739,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53355,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8501E

secondary

#5BA0C7

accent

#ACED3B

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8501E

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

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