#A3542B#A3542B

#A3542B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.118 H 46.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3542B
RGB	rgb(163, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 73.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 29.38, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 47.86, 52.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.0815 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.118 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7123, 14.3038, 4.0605)
Luminance	0.1430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3542B #2B7AA3

analogous

#A32B3E #A3542B #A3902B

triadic

#A3542B #2BA354 #542BA3

tetradic

#A3542B #3EA32B #2B7AA3 #902BA3

square

#A3542B #3EA32B #2B7AA3 #902BA3

split-complementary

#A3542B #2BA390 #2B3EA3

monochromatic

#422211 #733B1E #A3542B #CC6F3F #D9936F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#A3542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A3542B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3542B

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3542B	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)

#6A5F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D702A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.118 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48566',
    500: '#a3542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3542b;
$custom-light: #c48566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53396,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3542B

secondary

#6AA3C0

accent

#ACE146

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3542B

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

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