#A8522E#A8522E

#A8522E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.124 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8522E
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 32.67, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 49.20, 48.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.0916 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.124 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6607, 14.5591, 4.3591)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8522E #2E84A8

analogous

#A82E47 #A8522E #A88F2E

triadic

#A8522E #2EA852 #522EA8

tetradic

#A8522E #47A82E #2E84A8 #8F2EA8

square

#A8522E #47A82E #2E84A8 #8F2EA8

split-complementary

#A8522E #2EA88F #2E47A8

monochromatic

#482314 #783B21 #A8522E #CD6E47 #DA9477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A8522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A8522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8522E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8522E	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)

#6A5F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E722C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8404A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.124 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88468',
    500: '#a8522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8522e;
$custom-light: #c88468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.705,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53833,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8522E

secondary

#70AAC2

accent

#B3E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8522E

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

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