#A8522D#A8522D

#A8522D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.124 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8522D
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 32.62, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 49.56, 48.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.0913 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.124 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6412, 14.5513, 4.2565)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8522D #2D83A8

analogous

#A82D46 #A8522D #A8902D

triadic

#A8522D #2DA852 #522DA8

tetradic

#A8522D #46A82D #2D83A8 #902DA8

square

#A8522D #46A82D #2D83A8 #902DA8

split-complementary

#A8522D #2DA890 #2D46A8

monochromatic

#472313 #783A20 #A8522D #CD6E45 #DA9475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A8522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A8522D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8522D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8522D	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8404A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.124 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88468',
    500: '#a8522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8522d;
$custom-light: #c88468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.049,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53821,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8522D

secondary

#6FA9C2

accent

#B3E147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8522D

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

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