#A8542A#A8542A

#A8542A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.124 H 45.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8542A
RGB	rgb(168, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(20, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.41, 31.41, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.41, 50.32, 51.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.087 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.124 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7385, 14.8350, 4.0140)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8542A #2A7EA8

analogous

#A82A3F #A8542A #A8932A

triadic

#A8542A #2AA854 #542AA8

tetradic

#A8542A #3FA82A #2A7EA8 #932AA8

square

#A8542A #3FA82A #2A7EA8 #932AA8

split-complementary

#A8542A #2AA893 #2A3FA8

monochromatic

#462312 #773C1E #A8542A #CF7040 #DB9471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A8542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A8542A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8542A

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8542A	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.124 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88566',
    500: '#a8542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8542a;
$custom-light: #c88566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54112,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8542A

secondary

#6BA5C3

accent

#AEE345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8542A

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

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