#A8501F#A8501F

#A8501F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.131 H 46.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8501F
RGB	rgb(168, 80, 31)
HSL	hsl(21, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(21, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 33.08, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 54.84, 52.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.0903 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.131 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2664, 14.1635, 3.0153)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8501F #1F77A8

analogous

#A81F33 #A8501F #A8951F

triadic

#A8501F #1FA850 #501FA8

tetradic

#A8501F #33A81F #1F77A8 #951FA8

square

#A8501F #33A81F #1F77A8 #951FA8

split-complementary

#A8501F #1FA895 #1F33A8

monochromatic

#411F0C #743715 #A8501F #D86A2C #E28E60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#A8501F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A8501F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8501F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8501F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8501F	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)

#695D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8501f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 80, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.131 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9835f',
    500: '#a8501f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8501f;
$custom-light: #c9835f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8501f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.46,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53363,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8501F

secondary

#5DA0C6

accent

#ADEC3C

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8501F

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

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