#A9542B#A9542B

#A9542B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.124 H 44.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9542B
RGB	rgb(169, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(20, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 31.86, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 50.37, 50.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.0885 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.124 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9704, 14.9525, 4.1195)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9542B #2B80A9

analogous

#A92B41 #A9542B #A9932B

triadic

#A9542B #2BA954 #542BA9

tetradic

#A9542B #41A92B #2B80A9 #932BA9

square

#A9542B #41A92B #2B80A9 #932BA9

split-complementary

#A9542B #2BA993 #2B41A9

monochromatic

#472412 #783C1F #A9542B #CF7042 #DB9573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A9542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A9542B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9542B

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9542B	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.124 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98666',
    500: '#a9542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9542b;
$custom-light: #c98666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.524,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54269,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9542B

secondary

#6DA7C3

accent

#AFE345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9542B

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

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