#A45B21#A45B21

#A45B21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.118 H 54.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45B21
RGB	rgb(164, 91, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.5%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 25.51, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 51.18, 60.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.0682 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.118 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3272, 15.4867, 3.4100)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45B21 #216AA4

analogous

#A42128 #A45B21 #A49C21

triadic

#A45B21 #21A45B #5B21A4

tetradic

#A45B21 #28A421 #216AA4 #9C21A4

square

#A45B21 #28A421 #216AA4 #9C21A4

split-complementary

#A45B21 #21A49C #2128A4

monochromatic

#3E220C #713F17 #A45B21 #D5782D #DF9860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#A45B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A45B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45B21

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45B21	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 91, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.118 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58a61',
    500: '#a45b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45b21;
$custom-light: #c58a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.565,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54647,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45B21

secondary

#5D96C4

accent

#9EE93E

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45B21

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

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