#A8542E#A8542E

#A8542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.122 H 43.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8542E
RGB	rgb(168, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(19, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 31.60, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 48.86, 49.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.0883 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.122 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8137, 14.8651, 4.4101)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8542E #2E82A8

analogous

#A82E45 #A8542E #A8912E

triadic

#A8542E #2EA854 #542EA8

tetradic

#A8542E #45A82E #2E82A8 #912EA8

square

#A8542E #45A82E #2E82A8 #912EA8

split-complementary

#A8542E #2EA891 #2E45A8

monochromatic

#482414 #783C21 #A8542E #CD7047 #DA9677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A8542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A8542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8542E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8542E	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)

#6B602A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F732C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.122 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88668',
    500: '#a8542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8542e;
$custom-light: #c88668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.689,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54157,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8542E

secondary

#70A8C2

accent

#B1E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8542E

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

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