#A9522D#A9522D

#A9522D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.125 H 42.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9522D
RGB	rgb(169, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 33.02, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 49.99, 48.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.0924 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.125 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8550, 14.6615, 4.2665)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9522D #2D84A9

analogous

#A92D46 #A9522D #A9902D

triadic

#A9522D #2DA952 #522DA9

tetradic

#A9522D #46A92D #2D84A9 #902DA9

square

#A9522D #46A92D #2D84A9 #902DA9

split-complementary

#A9522D #2DA990 #2D46A9

monochromatic

#482313 #793B20 #A9522D #CE6E46 #DA9476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#A9522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A9522D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9522D

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9522D	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9404A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.125 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98468',
    500: '#a9522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9522d;
$custom-light: #c98468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.903,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53969,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9522D

secondary

#6FAAC2

accent

#B3E147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9522D

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

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