#A44E28#A44E28

#A44E28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.125 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44E28
RGB	rgb(164, 78, 40)
HSL	hsl(18, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(18, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.50, 32.87, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.50, 50.35, 49.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.0915 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.125 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4190, 13.4968, 3.6423)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44E28 #287EA4

analogous

#A42840 #A44E28 #A48C28

triadic

#A44E28 #28A44E #4E28A4

tetradic

#A44E28 #40A428 #287EA4 #8C28A4

square

#A44E28 #40A428 #287EA4 #8C28A4

split-complementary

#A44E28 #28A48C #2840A4

monochromatic

#421F10 #73371C #A44E28 #CF683A #DB8E6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#A44E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#A44E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44E28

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44E28	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 78, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.125 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58164',
    500: '#a44e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44e28;
$custom-light: #c58164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.387,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52528,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44E28

secondary

#66A6C1

accent

#B3E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44E28

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

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