#A4542A#A4542A

#A4542A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.119 H 46.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4542A
RGB	rgb(164, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 29.75, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 48.65, 52.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% 0.0824 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.119 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8998, 14.4026, 3.9747)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4542A #2A7AA4

analogous

#A42A3D #A4542A #A4912A

triadic

#A4542A #2AA454 #542AA4

tetradic

#A4542A #3DA42A #2A7AA4 #912AA4

square

#A4542A #3DA42A #2A7AA4 #912AA4

split-complementary

#A4542A #2AA491 #2A3DA4

monochromatic

#432211 #733B1E #A4542A #CD6F3E #DA936E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A4542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A4542A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4542A

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4542A	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4434B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.119 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58566',
    500: '#a4542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4542a;
$custom-light: #c58566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.656,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53529,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4542A

secondary

#69A3C1

accent

#ACE245

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4542A

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

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