#A8551F#A8551F

#A8551F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.127 H 49.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8551F
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 31)
HSL	hsl(24, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(24, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 30.42, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 54.10, 55.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.0823 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.127 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6462, 14.9231, 3.1419)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8551F #1F72A8

analogous

#A81F2D #A8551F #A89A1F

triadic

#A8551F #1FA855 #551FA8

tetradic

#A8551F #2DA81F #1F72A8 #9A1FA8

square

#A8551F #2DA81F #1F72A8 #9A1FA8

split-complementary

#A8551F #1FA89A #1F2DA8

monochromatic

#41210C #743B15 #A8551F #D8702C #E29360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A8551F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A8551F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8551F

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8551F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8551F	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)

#6D6017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8551f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.127 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9865f',
    500: '#a8551f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8551f;
$custom-light: #c9865f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8551f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.65,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54175,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8551F

secondary

#5D9DC6

accent

#A6EC3C

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8551F

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

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