#A4542F#A4542F

#A4542F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.117 H 44.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4542F
RGB	rgb(164, 84, 47)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(19, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 30.01, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 46.79, 50.11°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% 0.084 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.117 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9950, 14.4406, 4.4758)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4542F #2F7FA4

analogous

#A42F45 #A4542F #A48F2F

triadic

#A4542F #2FA454 #542FA4

tetradic

#A4542F #45A42F #2F7FA4 #8F2FA4

square

#A4542F #45A42F #2F7FA4 #8F2FA4

split-complementary

#A4542F #2FA48F #2F45A4

monochromatic

#452314 #743C21 #A4542F #CA7046 #D89576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A4542F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A4542F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4542F

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4542F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4542F	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)

#6A5F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4444C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4542f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 84, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.117 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58569',
    500: '#a4542f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4542f;
$custom-light: #c58569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4542f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.974,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53587,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4542F

secondary

#6FA6C0

accent

#AFDF49

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4542F

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

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