#A8521F#A8521F

#A8521F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.129 H 47.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8521F
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 31)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 32.02, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 54.53, 54.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.0871 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.129 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4150, 14.4608, 3.0649)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8521F #1F75A8

analogous

#A81F31 #A8521F #A8971F

triadic

#A8521F #1FA852 #521FA8

tetradic

#A8521F #31A81F #1F75A8 #971FA8

square

#A8521F #31A81F #1F75A8 #971FA8

split-complementary

#A8521F #1FA897 #1F31A8

monochromatic

#41200C #743915 #A8521F #D86C2C #E29060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A8521F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A8521F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8521F

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8521F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8521F	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)

#6B5E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8521f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.129 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9845f',
    500: '#a8521f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8521f;
$custom-light: #c9845f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8521f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.336,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53684,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8521F

secondary

#5D9FC6

accent

#AAEC3C

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8521F

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

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