#A8532E#A8532E

#A8532E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.123 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8532E
RGB	rgb(168, 83, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 32.14, 37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 49.03, 49.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.09 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.123 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7367, 14.7110, 4.3844)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8532E #2E83A8

analogous

#A82E46 #A8532E #A8902E

triadic

#A8532E #2EA853 #532EA8

tetradic

#A8532E #46A82E #2E83A8 #902EA8

square

#A8532E #46A82E #2E83A8 #902EA8

split-complementary

#A8532E #2EA890 #2E46A8

monochromatic

#482414 #783B21 #A8532E #CD6F47 #DA9577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#A8532E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#A8532E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8532E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8532E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8532E	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8532e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 83, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.123 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88568',
    500: '#a8532e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8532e;
$custom-light: #c88568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8532e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.197,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53994,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8532E

secondary

#70A9C2

accent

#B2E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8532E

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

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