#A5542B#A5542B

#A5542B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.120 H 45.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5542B
RGB	rgb(165, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 30.21, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 48.69, 51.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.69% 0.0839 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(53.69% 0.12 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1252, 14.5167, 4.0799)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5542B #2B7CA5

analogous

#A52B3F #A5542B #A5912B

triadic

#A5542B #2BA554 #542BA5

tetradic

#A5542B #3FA52B #2B7CA5 #912BA5

square

#A5542B #3FA52B #2B7CA5 #912BA5

split-complementary

#A5542B #2BA591 #2B3FA5

monochromatic

#442312 #743B1E #A5542B #CD6F40 #DA9471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#A5542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A5542B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5542B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5542B	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5434B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.120 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68566',
    500: '#a5542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5542b;
$custom-light: #c68566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.164,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53686,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5542B

secondary

#6BA4C1

accent

#ADE246

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5542B

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

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