#A8521E#A8521E

#A8521E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.129 H 47.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8521E
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 30)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 31.99, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 54.87, 54.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.0869 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.129 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4020, 14.4556, 2.9965)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8521E #1E74A8

analogous

#A81E2F #A8521E #A8971E

triadic

#A8521E #1EA852 #521EA8

tetradic

#A8521E #2FA81E #1E74A8 #971EA8

square

#A8521E #2FA81E #1E74A8 #971EA8

split-complementary

#A8521E #1EA897 #1E2FA8

monochromatic

#401F0B #743915 #A8521E #D96C2A #E2905E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A8521E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A8521E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8521E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8521E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8521E	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8521e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.129 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9845e',
    500: '#a8521e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8521e;
$custom-light: #c9845e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8521e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.609,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53676,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8521E

secondary

#5B9EC7

accent

#AAED3B

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8521E

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

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