#A8512D#A8512D

#A8512D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.125 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8512D
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 45)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 33.15, 37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 49.74, 48.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.0929 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.125 42)
XYZ	xyz(19.5664, 14.4015, 4.2315)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8512D #2D84A8

analogous

#A82D47 #A8512D #A88F2D

triadic

#A8512D #2DA851 #512DA8

tetradic

#A8512D #47A82D #2D84A8 #8F2DA8

square

#A8512D #47A82D #2D84A8 #8F2DA8

split-complementary

#A8512D #2DA88F #2D47A8

monochromatic

#472213 #783A20 #A8512D #CD6D45 #DA9375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A8512D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A8512D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8512D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8512D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8512D	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8512d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.125 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88468',
    500: '#a8512d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8512d;
$custom-light: #c88468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8512d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.561,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53661,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.14399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8512D

secondary

#6FAAC2

accent

#B4E147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8512D

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

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