#A8542F#A8542F

#A8542F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.122 H 43.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8542F
RGB	rgb(168, 84, 47)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.46, 31.66, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.46, 48.50, 49.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.0887 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.122 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8337, 14.8731, 4.5151)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8542F #2F83A8

analogous

#A82F47 #A8542F #A8912F

triadic

#A8542F #2FA854 #542FA8

tetradic

#A8542F #47A82F #2F83A8 #912FA8

square

#A8542F #47A82F #2F83A8 #912FA8

split-complementary

#A8542F #2FA891 #2F47A8

monochromatic

#482414 #783C22 #A8542F #CC7148 #D99678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#A8542F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A8542F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8542F

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8542F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8542F	1.00	5.28	3.97	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B602B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F732D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8542f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 84, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.122 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88669',
    500: '#a8542f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8542f;
$custom-light: #c88669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8542f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.347,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54169,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8542F

secondary

#71A9C1

accent

#B1E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8542F

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

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