#A45D42#A45D42

#A45D42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.101 H 41.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45D42
RGB	rgb(164, 93, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 26.33, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 38.41, 46.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.0761 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.101 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2091, 16.1166, 7.1997)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45D42 #4289A4

analogous

#A44258 #A45D42 #A48E42

triadic

#A45D42 #42A45D #5D42A4

tetradic

#A45D42 #58A442 #4289A4 #8E42A4

square

#A45D42 #58A442 #4289A4 #8E42A4

split-complementary

#A45D42 #42A48E #4258A4

monochromatic

#4D2C1F #784430 #A45D42 #C07D63 #D2A18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#A45D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A45D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45D42

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45D42	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 93, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.101 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38c77',
    500: '#a45d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45d42;
$custom-light: #c38c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.531,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55408,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45D42

secondary

#85AEBD

accent

#B0D255

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45D42

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

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