#A5742E#A5742E

#A5742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.105 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5742E
RGB	rgb(165, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 12.46, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 46.49, 74.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.0314 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.105 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2571, 20.6892, 5.4054)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5742E #2E5FA5

analogous

#A5392E #A5742E #9BA52E

triadic

#A5742E #2EA574 #742EA5

tetradic

#A5742E #2EA539 #2E5FA5 #A52E9B

square

#A5742E #2EA539 #2E5FA5 #A52E9B

split-complementary

#A5742E #2E9BA5 #392EA5

monochromatic

#453113 #755221 #A5742E #CB9445 #D8AF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A5742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#A5742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A5742E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5742E	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.105 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49c6b',
    500: '#a5742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5742e;
$custom-light: #c49c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59603,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5742E

secondary

#6F90C0

accent

#87E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5742E

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

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