#A9511C#A9511C

#A9511C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.132 H 47.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9511C
RGB	rgb(169, 81, 28)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 32.87, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 56.09, 54.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.0891 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.132 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5162, 14.4062, 2.8513)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9511C #1C74A9

analogous

#A91C2D #A9511C #A9971C

triadic

#A9511C #1CA951 #511CA9

tetradic

#A9511C #2DA91C #1C74A9 #971CA9

square

#A9511C #2DA91C #1C74A9 #971CA9

split-complementary

#A9511C #1CA997 #1C2DA9

monochromatic

#401F0B #743813 #A9511C #DB6B27 #E48F5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A9511C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A9511C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9511C

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9511C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9511C	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9511c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 81, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.132 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca835d',
    500: '#a9511c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9511c;
$custom-light: #ca835d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9511c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.553,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5365,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9511C

secondary

#599EC8

accent

#AAEE39

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9511C

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

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