#A4542C#A4542C

#A4542C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.118 H 45.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4542C
RGB	rgb(164, 84, 44)
HSL	hsl(20, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 29.85, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 47.90, 51.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.083 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.118 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9365, 14.4172, 4.1680)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4542C #2C7CA4

analogous

#A42C40 #A4542C #A4902C

triadic

#A4542C #2CA454 #542CA4

tetradic

#A4542C #40A42C #2C7CA4 #902CA4

square

#A4542C #40A42C #2C7CA4 #902CA4

split-complementary

#A4542C #2CA490 #2C40A4

monochromatic

#432312 #743B1F #A4542C #CC6F41 #D99471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A4542C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A4542C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4542C

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4542C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4542C	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)

#6A5F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.118 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58567',
    500: '#a4542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4542c;
$custom-light: #c58567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53552,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4542C

secondary

#6BA4C0

accent

#AEE147

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4542C

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

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