#A9511F#A9511F

#A9511F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.131 H 46.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9511F
RGB	rgb(169, 81, 31)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 32.96, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 55.09, 53.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.0899 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.131 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5539, 14.4213, 3.0499)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9511F #1F77A9

analogous

#A91F32 #A9511F #A9961F

triadic

#A9511F #1FA951 #511FA9

tetradic

#A9511F #32A91F #1F77A9 #961FA9

square

#A9511F #32A91F #1F77A9 #961FA9

split-complementary

#A9511F #1FA996 #1F32A9

monochromatic

#421F0C #753816 #A9511F #D86B2D #E28F60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A9511F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A9511F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9511F

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9511F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9511F	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)

#6A5E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9511f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 81, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.131 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca835f',
    500: '#a9511f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9511f;
$custom-light: #ca835f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9511f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.739,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53672,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9511F

secondary

#5DA0C7

accent

#ACEC3C

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9511F

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

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