#A9542D#A9542D

#A9542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.123 H 43.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9542D
RGB	rgb(169, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(19, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.59, 31.96, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.59, 49.65, 49.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.0892 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.124 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0080, 14.9675, 4.3175)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9542D #2D82A9

analogous

#A92D44 #A9542D #A9922D

triadic

#A9542D #2DA954 #542DA9

tetradic

#A9542D #44A92D #2D82A9 #922DA9

square

#A9542D #44A92D #2D82A9 #922DA9

split-complementary

#A9542D #2DA992 #2D44A9

monochromatic

#482413 #793C20 #A9542D #CE7046 #DA9676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A9542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A9542D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9542D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9542D	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)

#6B6029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.123 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98668',
    500: '#a9542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9542d;
$custom-light: #c98668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.871,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54292,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9542D

secondary

#6FA8C2

accent

#B1E147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9542D

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

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