#A4492A#A4492A

#A4492A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.129 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4492A
RGB	rgb(164, 73, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 35.56, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 50.61, 45.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.1001 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.129 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1121, 12.8271, 3.7121)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4492A #2A85A4

analogous

#A42A48 #A4492A #A4862A

triadic

#A4492A #2AA449 #492AA4

tetradic

#A4492A #48A42A #2A85A4 #862AA4

square

#A4492A #48A42A #2A85A4 #862AA4

split-complementary

#A4492A #2AA486 #2A48A4

monochromatic

#431E11 #73331E #A4492A #CD623E #DA8A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A4492A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A4492A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4492A

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4492A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4492A	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4492a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 73, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.129 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67e65',
    500: '#a4492a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4492a;
$custom-light: #c67e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4492a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.246,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51773,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4492A

secondary

#69ABC1

accent

#BBE245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4492A

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

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