Provided is an optical article having a substrate, a primer layer generated by curing a polymerizable composition for forming the primer layer, and a photochromic layer containing a photochromic compound in this order, in which the polymerizable composition for forming the primer layer contains a component A: a polyisocyanate, a component B: a hydroxy group-containing polymerizable compound, and a component C: a polymerizable compound having a viscosity of 100 cP or less and being selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylates and vinyl ethers.