#A5542D#A5542D

#A5542D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.119 H 44.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5542D
RGB	rgb(165, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(20, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, 30.32, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 47.95, 50.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.0845 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.119 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1628, 14.5317, 4.2779)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5542D #2D7EA5

analogous

#A52D42 #A5542D #A5902D

triadic

#A5542D #2DA554 #542DA5

tetradic

#A5542D #42A52D #2D7EA5 #902DA5

square

#A5542D #42A52D #2D7EA5 #902DA5

split-complementary

#A5542D #2DA590 #2D42A5

monochromatic

#452313 #753C20 #A5542D #CC7043 #D99473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#A5542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A5542D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5542D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5542D	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5434B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.119 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68568',
    500: '#a5542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5542d;
$custom-light: #c68568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53708,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5542D

secondary

#6DA5C1

accent

#AFE047

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5542D

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

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