#A45C21#A45C21

#A45C21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.118 H 55.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45C21
RGB	rgb(164, 92, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 24.96, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 51.09, 60.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.0665 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.118 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4132, 15.6588, 3.4386)
Luminance	0.1566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45C21 #2169A4

analogous

#A42127 #A45C21 #A49D21

triadic

#A45C21 #21A45C #5C21A4

tetradic

#A45C21 #27A421 #2169A4 #9D21A4

square

#A45C21 #27A421 #2169A4 #9D21A4

split-complementary

#A45C21 #21A49D #2127A4

monochromatic

#3E230C #713F17 #A45C21 #D5792D #DF9960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A45C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A45C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45C21

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45C21	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 92, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.118 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58b61',
    500: '#a45c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45c21;
$custom-light: #c58b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.023,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54824,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45C21

secondary

#5D96C4

accent

#9CE93E

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45C21

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

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