#A3542A#A3542A

#A3542A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.118 H 46.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3542A
RGB	rgb(163, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 74.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 29.33, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 48.23, 52.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.0812 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.118 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6942, 14.2965, 3.9651)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3542A #2A79A3

analogous

#A32A3D #A3542A #A3902A

triadic

#A3542A #2AA354 #542AA3

tetradic

#A3542A #3DA32A #2A79A3 #902AA3

square

#A3542A #3DA32A #2A79A3 #902AA3

split-complementary

#A3542A #2AA390 #2A3DA3

monochromatic

#422211 #723B1D #A3542A #CD6F3D #DA936E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#A3542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A3542A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3542A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3542A	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.118 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48566',
    500: '#a3542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3542a;
$custom-light: #c48566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.826,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53384,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3542A

secondary

#68A2C0

accent

#ACE246

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3542A

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

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