#A9541C#A9541C

#A9541C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.130 H 49.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9541C
RGB	rgb(169, 84, 28)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(24, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, 31.27, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 55.64, 55.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.0843 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.13 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7441, 14.8619, 2.9273)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9541C #1C71A9

analogous

#A91C2A #A9541C #A99A1C

triadic

#A9541C #1CA954 #541CA9

tetradic

#A9541C #2AA91C #1C71A9 #9A1CA9

square

#A9541C #2AA91C #1C71A9 #9A1CA9

split-complementary

#A9541C #1CA99A #1C2AA9

monochromatic

#40200B #743A13 #A9541C #DB6F27 #E4925B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A9541C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A9541C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9541C

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9541C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9541C	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)

#6C6013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA4149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9541c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 84, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.130 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca855d',
    500: '#a9541c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9541c;
$custom-light: #ca855d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9541c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.83,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54135,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9541C

secondary

#599CC8

accent

#A6EE39

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9541C

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

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