#A45A21#A45A21

#A45A21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.119 H 54.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45A21
RGB	rgb(164, 90, 33)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(26, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 26.07, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 51.27, 59.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% 0.0698 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.119 54)
XYZ	xyz(19.2423, 15.3168, 3.3817)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45A21 #216BA4

analogous

#A42129 #A45A21 #A49B21

triadic

#A45A21 #21A45A #5A21A4

tetradic

#A45A21 #29A421 #216BA4 #9B21A4

square

#A45A21 #29A421 #216BA4 #9B21A4

split-complementary

#A45A21 #21A49B #2129A4

monochromatic

#3E220C #713E17 #A45A21 #D5762D #DF9760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A45A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A45A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45A21

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45A21	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 90, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.119 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58961',
    500: '#a45a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45a21;
$custom-light: #c58961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.107,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54471,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.15315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45A21

secondary

#5D97C4

accent

#9FE93E

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140B05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45A21

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

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