#A8551E#A8551E

#A8551E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.127 H 49.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8551E
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 30)
HSL	hsl(24, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(24, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 30.39, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 54.44, 56.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.082 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.127 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6332, 14.9180, 3.0736)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8551E #1E71A8

analogous

#A81E2C #A8551E #A89A1E

triadic

#A8551E #1EA855 #551EA8

tetradic

#A8551E #2CA81E #1E71A8 #9A1EA8

square

#A8551E #2CA81E #1E71A8 #9A1EA8

split-complementary

#A8551E #1EA89A #1E2CA8

monochromatic

#40200B #743B15 #A8551E #D9702A #E2935E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A8551E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A8551E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8551E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8551E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8551E	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9434A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8551e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.127 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9865e',
    500: '#a8551e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8551e;
$custom-light: #c9865e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8551e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.913,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54167,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8551E

secondary

#5B9CC7

accent

#A6ED3B

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8551E

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

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