#A8542D#A8542D

#A8542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.122 H 44.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8542D
RGB	rgb(168, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(19, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 31.55, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 49.22, 50.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.088 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.122 44)
XYZ	xyz(19.7943, 14.8573, 4.3075)
Luminance	0.1485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8542D #2D81A8

analogous

#A82D44 #A8542D #A8912D

triadic

#A8542D #2DA854 #542DA8

tetradic

#A8542D #44A82D #2D81A8 #912DA8

square

#A8542D #44A82D #2D81A8 #912DA8

split-complementary

#A8542D #2DA891 #2D44A8

monochromatic

#472413 #783C20 #A8542D #CD7045 #DA9575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A8542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A8542D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8542D

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8542D	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)

#6B6029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.122 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88668',
    500: '#a8542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8542d;
$custom-light: #c88668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.024,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54145,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.14855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8542D

secondary

#6FA8C2

accent

#B0E147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8542D

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

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