#A45D21#A45D21

#A45D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.117 H 56.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45D21
RGB	rgb(164, 93, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 24.40, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 51.02, 61.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.0649 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.117 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5004, 15.8332, 3.4677)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45D21 #2168A4

analogous

#A42126 #A45D21 #A49E21

triadic

#A45D21 #21A45D #5D21A4

tetradic

#A45D21 #26A421 #2168A4 #9E21A4

square

#A45D21 #26A421 #2168A4 #9E21A4

split-complementary

#A45D21 #21A49E #2126A4

monochromatic

#3E230C #714017 #A45D21 #D57A2D #DF9A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A45D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A45D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45D21

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45D21	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 93, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.117 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58b61',
    500: '#a45d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45d21;
$custom-light: #c58b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55002,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45D21

secondary

#5D95C4

accent

#9BE93E

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45D21

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

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