#A9512E#A9512E

#A9512E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.126 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9512E
RGB	rgb(169, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 33.60, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 49.82, 47.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.0943 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.126 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7996, 14.5196, 4.3441)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9512E #2E86A9

analogous

#A92E49 #A9512E #A98E2E

triadic

#A9512E #2EA951 #512EA9

tetradic

#A9512E #49A92E #2E86A9 #8E2EA9

square

#A9512E #49A92E #2E86A9 #8E2EA9

split-complementary

#A9512E #2EA98E #2E49A9

monochromatic

#492314 #793A21 #A9512E #CD6D47 #DA9377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#A9512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A9512E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9512E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9512E	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E722C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.126 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98468',
    500: '#a9512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9512e;
$custom-light: #c98468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.073,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53822,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9512E

secondary

#71ABC2

accent

#B5E047

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9512E

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

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