#A4542B#A4542B

#A4542B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.119 H 45.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4542B
RGB	rgb(164, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(20, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 29.80, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 48.27, 51.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.0827 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.119 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9179, 14.4098, 4.0702)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4542B #2B7BA4

analogous

#A42B3E #A4542B #A4902B

triadic

#A4542B #2BA454 #542BA4

tetradic

#A4542B #3EA42B #2B7BA4 #902BA4

square

#A4542B #3EA42B #2B7BA4 #902BA4

split-complementary

#A4542B #2BA490 #2B3EA4

monochromatic

#432212 #743B1E #A4542B #CD6F3F #D99470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A4542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A4542B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4542B

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4542B	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)

#6A5F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.119 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58566',
    500: '#a4542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4542b;
$custom-light: #c58566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.331,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5354,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4542B

secondary

#6AA3C1

accent

#ADE246

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4542B

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

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