#A8511E#A8511E

#A8511E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.130 H 47.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8511E
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 30)
HSL	hsl(22, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 32.52, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 55.02, 53.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.0885 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.13 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3272, 14.3059, 2.9716)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8511E #1E75A8

analogous

#A81E30 #A8511E #A8961E

triadic

#A8511E #1EA851 #511EA8

tetradic

#A8511E #30A81E #1E75A8 #961EA8

square

#A8511E #30A81E #1E75A8 #961EA8

split-complementary

#A8511E #1EA896 #1E30A8

monochromatic

#401F0B #743815 #A8511E #D96B2A #E28F5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#A8511E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A8511E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8511E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8511E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8511E	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8511e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.130 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9835e',
    500: '#a8511e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8511e;
$custom-light: #c9835e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8511e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.174,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53515,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8511E

secondary

#5B9FC7

accent

#ABED3B

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8511E

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

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