#A4522E#A4522E

#A4522E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.119 H 43.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4522E
RGB	rgb(164, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, 31.03, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 47.49, 49.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% 0.087 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.119 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8220, 14.1266, 4.3198)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4522E #2E80A4

analogous

#A42E45 #A4522E #A48D2E

triadic

#A4522E #2EA452 #522EA4

tetradic

#A4522E #45A42E #2E80A4 #8D2EA4

square

#A4522E #45A42E #2E80A4 #8D2EA4

split-complementary

#A4522E #2EA48D #2E45A4

monochromatic

#442213 #743A21 #A4522E #CB6D45 #D89374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A4522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#A4522E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4522E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4522E	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4414A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.119 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58468',
    500: '#a4522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4522e;
$custom-light: #c58468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.305,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53244,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4522E

secondary

#6EA7C0

accent

#B1DF48

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4522E

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

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