#A8531E#A8531E

#A8531E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.129 H 48.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8531E
RGB	rgb(168, 83, 30)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 31.46, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 54.72, 54.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.0853 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.129 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4780, 14.6075, 3.0219)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8531E #1E73A8

analogous

#A81E2E #A8531E #A8981E

triadic

#A8531E #1EA853 #531EA8

tetradic

#A8531E #2EA81E #1E73A8 #981EA8

square

#A8531E #2EA81E #1E73A8 #981EA8

split-complementary

#A8531E #1EA898 #1E2EA8

monochromatic

#40200B #743915 #A8531E #D96D2A #E2915E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A8531E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A8531E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8531E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8531E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8531E	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8531e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 83, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.129 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9855e',
    500: '#a8531e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8531e;
$custom-light: #c9855e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8531e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.043,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53838,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8531E

secondary

#5B9DC7

accent

#A8ED3B

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8531E

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

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