#A2542E#A2542E

#A2542E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.115 H 45.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2542E
RGB	rgb(162, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 71.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 29.12, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 46.32, 51.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.0813 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.115 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5654, 14.2214, 4.3516)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2542E #2E7CA2

analogous

#A22E42 #A2542E #A28E2E

triadic

#A2542E #2EA254 #542EA2

tetradic

#A2542E #42A22E #2E7CA2 #8E2EA2

square

#A2542E #42A22E #2E7CA2 #8E2EA2

split-complementary

#A2542E #2EA28E #2E42A2

monochromatic

#432313 #723B20 #A2542E #CA6F43 #D79473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#A2542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A2542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2542E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2542E	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.115 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38568',
    500: '#a2542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2542e;
$custom-light: #c38568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.655,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53286,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2542E

secondary

#6DA4BF

accent

#AEDF49

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2542E

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

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