#A8512E#A8512E

#A8512E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.125 H 41.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8512E
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 33.20, 36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 49.39, 47.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.0932 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.125 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5859, 14.4093, 4.3341)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8512E #2E85A8

analogous

#A82E48 #A8512E #A88E2E

triadic

#A8512E #2EA851 #512EA8

tetradic

#A8512E #48A82E #2E85A8 #8E2EA8

square

#A8512E #48A82E #2E85A8 #8E2EA8

split-complementary

#A8512E #2EA88E #2E48A8

monochromatic

#482314 #783A21 #A8512E #CD6D47 #DA9377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A8512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A8512E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8512E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8512E	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)

#695E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.125 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88468',
    500: '#a8512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8512e;
$custom-light: #c88468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.213,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53673,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8512E

secondary

#70AAC2

accent

#B4E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8512E

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

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