#A5542E#A5542E

#A5542E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.119 H 44.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5542E
RGB	rgb(165, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(19, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(19, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 30.37, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 47.59, 50.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.0849 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.119 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1823, 14.5395, 4.3805)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5542E #2E7FA5

analogous

#A52E44 #A5542E #A5902E

triadic

#A5542E #2EA554 #542EA5

tetradic

#A5542E #44A52E #2E7FA5 #902EA5

square

#A5542E #44A52E #2E7FA5 #902EA5

split-complementary

#A5542E #2EA590 #2E44A5

monochromatic

#452313 #753C21 #A5542E #CB7045 #D89575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A5542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A5542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5542E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5542E	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5444C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.119 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58568',
    500: '#a5542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5542e;
$custom-light: #c58568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.16,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5372,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5542E

secondary

#6FA6C0

accent

#AFE048

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5542E

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

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