#A45E40#A45E40

#A45E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.101 H 43.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45E40
RGB	rgb(164, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 25.62, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 38.96, 48.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.0736 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.101 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2395, 16.2701, 6.9240)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45E40 #4086A4

analogous

#A44054 #A45E40 #A49040

triadic

#A45E40 #40A45E #5E40A4

tetradic

#A45E40 #54A440 #4086A4 #9040A4

square

#A45E40 #54A440 #4086A4 #9040A4

split-complementary

#A45E40 #40A490 #4054A4

monochromatic

#4C2C1E #78452F #A45E40 #C17D60 #D2A18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A45E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A45E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45E40

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45E40	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.101 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38c75',
    500: '#a45e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45e40;
$custom-light: #c38c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55552,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45E40

secondary

#83ACBD

accent

#ADD454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45E40

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

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