#A9521F#A9521F

#A9521F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.130 H 47.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9521F
RGB	rgb(169, 82, 31)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(22, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 32.44, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 54.94, 53.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.0883 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.13 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6288, 14.5710, 3.0749)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9521F #1F76A9

analogous

#A91F31 #A9521F #A9971F

triadic

#A9521F #1FA952 #521FA9

tetradic

#A9521F #31A91F #1F76A9 #971FA9

square

#A9521F #31A91F #1F76A9 #971FA9

split-complementary

#A9521F #1FA997 #1F31A9

monochromatic

#42200C #753916 #A9521F #D86C2D #E29060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A9521F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A9521F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9521F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9521F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9521F	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)

#6B5E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9521f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 82, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.130 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca845f',
    500: '#a9521f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9521f;
$custom-light: #ca845f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9521f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.174,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53833,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9521F

secondary

#5DA0C7

accent

#ABEC3C

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9521F

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

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