#A9531C#A9531C

#A9531C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.130 H 48.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9531C
RGB	rgb(169, 83, 28)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 31.81, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 55.79, 55.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.0859 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.13 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6670, 14.7078, 2.9016)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9531C #1C72A9

analogous

#A91C2B #A9531C #A9991C

triadic

#A9531C #1CA953 #531CA9

tetradic

#A9531C #2BA91C #1C72A9 #991CA9

square

#A9531C #2BA91C #1C72A9 #991CA9

split-complementary

#A9531C #1CA999 #1C2BA9

monochromatic

#401F0B #743913 #A9531C #DB6D27 #E4915B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#A9531C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#A9531C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9531C

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9531C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9531C	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9531c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 83, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.130 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca855d',
    500: '#a9531c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9531c;
$custom-light: #ca855d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9531c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.404,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53972,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9531C

secondary

#599DC8

accent

#A8EE39

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9531C

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

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