#A9521C#A9521C

#A9521C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.131 H 48.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9521C
RGB	rgb(169, 82, 28)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 32.34, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 55.94, 54.68°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.0875 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.131 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5910, 14.5559, 2.8763)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9521C #1C73A9

analogous

#A91C2C #A9521C #A9981C

triadic

#A9521C #1CA952 #521CA9

tetradic

#A9521C #2CA91C #1C73A9 #981CA9

square

#A9521C #2CA91C #1C73A9 #981CA9

split-complementary

#A9521C #1CA998 #1C2CA9

monochromatic

#401F0B #743913 #A9521C #DB6C27 #E4905B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A9521C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A9521C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9521C

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9521C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9521C	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9521c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 82, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.131 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca845d',
    500: '#a9521c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9521c;
$custom-light: #ca845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9521c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.979,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5381,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9521C

secondary

#599DC8

accent

#A9EE39

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9521C

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

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