#A9591C#A9591C

#A9591C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.126 H 52.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9591C
RGB	rgb(169, 89, 28)
HSL	hsl(26, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(26, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.53, 28.58, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.53, 55.01, 58.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.0763 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.126 52.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1461, 15.6660, 3.0613)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9591C #1C6CA9

analogous

#A91C26 #A9591C #A99F1C

triadic

#A9591C #1CA959 #591CA9

tetradic

#A9591C #26A91C #1C6CA9 #9F1CA9

square

#A9591C #26A91C #1C6CA9 #9F1CA9

split-complementary

#A9591C #1CA99F #1C26A9

monochromatic

#40220B #743D13 #A9591C #DB7527 #E4975B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A9591C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A9591C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9591C

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9591C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9591C	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84751B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA474D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9591c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 89, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.126 52.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9895e',
    500: '#a9591c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9591c;
$custom-light: #c9895e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9591c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.957,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54969,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 52.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9591C

secondary

#5998C8

accent

#A0EE39

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0E9

border

#D3CBC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9591C

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

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