#A8522F#A8522F

#A8522F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.123 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8522F
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 32.72, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 48.85, 47.94°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.0919 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.123 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6807, 14.5670, 4.4641)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8522F #2F85A8

analogous

#A82F49 #A8522F #A88E2F

triadic

#A8522F #2FA852 #522FA8

tetradic

#A8522F #49A82F #2F85A8 #8E2FA8

square

#A8522F #49A82F #2F85A8 #8E2FA8

split-complementary

#A8522F #2FA88E #2F49A8

monochromatic

#482314 #783B22 #A8522F #CC6E48 #D99478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A8522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A8522F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8522F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8522F	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)

#695F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E722D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8404A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.123 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88469',
    500: '#a8522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8522f;
$custom-light: #c88469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.355,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53845,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8522F

secondary

#71AAC1

accent

#B4E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8522F

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

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