#A4542D#A4542D

#A4542D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.118 H 45.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4542D
RGB	rgb(164, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(20, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 29.90, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 47.53, 51.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% 0.0833 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.118 45)
XYZ	xyz(18.9555, 14.4248, 4.2682)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4542D #2D7DA4

analogous

#A42D41 #A4542D #A48F2D

triadic

#A4542D #2DA454 #542DA4

tetradic

#A4542D #41A42D #2D7DA4 #8F2DA4

square

#A4542D #41A42D #2D7DA4 #8F2DA4

split-complementary

#A4542D #2DA48F #2D41A4

monochromatic

#442313 #743B20 #A4542D #CB7043 #D99473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A4542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A4542D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4542D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4542D	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)

#6A5F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.118 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58568',
    500: '#a4542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4542d;
$custom-light: #c58568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.664,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53563,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.14423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4542D

secondary

#6DA5C0

accent

#AEE048

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4542D

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

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