#A45542#A45542

#A45542 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.109 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45542
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.34, 30.72, 25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.34, 40.07, 39.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.0895 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.109 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5432, 14.7850, 6.9778)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45542 #4291A4

analogous

#A44260 #A45542 #A48642

triadic

#A45542 #42A455 #5542A4

tetradic

#A45542 #60A442 #4291A4 #8642A4

square

#A45542 #60A442 #4291A4 #8642A4

split-complementary

#A45542 #42A486 #4260A4

monochromatic

#4D281F #783E30 #A45542 #C07563 #D29C8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#A45542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#A45542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45542

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45542	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.109 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38676',
    500: '#a45542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45542;
$custom-light: #c38676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.633,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54039,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45542

secondary

#85B2BD

accent

#BAD255

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45542

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

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