#A8541E#A8541E

#A8541E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.128 H 49.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8541E
RGB	rgb(168, 84, 30)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.31, 30.92, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.31, 54.58, 55.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54% 0.0836 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.128 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5550, 14.7616, 3.0475)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8541E #1E72A8

analogous

#A81E2D #A8541E #A8991E

triadic

#A8541E #1EA854 #541EA8

tetradic

#A8541E #2DA81E #1E72A8 #991EA8

square

#A8541E #2DA81E #1E72A8 #991EA8

split-complementary

#A8541E #1EA899 #1E2DA8

monochromatic

#40200B #743A15 #A8541E #D96F2A #E2925E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#A8541E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#A8541E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8541E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8541E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8541E	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80731C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B94249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8541e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 84, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.128 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9855e',
    500: '#a8541e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8541e;
$custom-light: #c9855e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8541e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.478,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54002,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8541E

secondary

#5B9DC7

accent

#A7ED3B

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8541E

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

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