#A4542E#A4542E

#A4542E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.118 H 44.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4542E
RGB	rgb(164, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(19, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 29.95, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 47.16, 50.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% 0.0837 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.118 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9750, 14.4326, 4.3708)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4542E #2E7EA4

analogous

#A42E43 #A4542E #A48F2E

triadic

#A4542E #2EA454 #542EA4

tetradic

#A4542E #43A42E #2E7EA4 #8F2EA4

square

#A4542E #43A42E #2E7EA4 #8F2EA4

split-complementary

#A4542E #2EA48F #2E43A4

monochromatic

#442313 #743C21 #A4542E #CB7045 #D89474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A4542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A4542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4542E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4542E	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4444C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.118 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58568',
    500: '#a4542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4542e;
$custom-light: #c58568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.322,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53575,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4542E

secondary

#6EA5C0

accent

#AFDF48

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4542E

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

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