Exploring the Color #512603

#512603 sits at 27° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 93% saturation and 16% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 81, 38, 3 produces a 12.90:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #512603 is a distant relative of CSS maroon — about 61 units away from #800000. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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