#A9542E#A9542E

#A9542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.123 H 43.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9542E
RGB	rgb(169, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(19, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 32.01, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 49.28, 49.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.0895 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.123 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0275, 14.9753, 4.4201)
Luminance	0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9542E #2E83A9

analogous

#A92E45 #A9542E #A9922E

triadic

#A9542E #2EA954 #542EA9

tetradic

#A9542E #45A92E #2E83A9 #922EA9

square

#A9542E #45A92E #2E83A9 #922EA9

split-complementary

#A9542E #2EA992 #2E45A9

monochromatic

#492414 #793C21 #A9542E #CD7147 #DA9677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A9542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A9542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9542E

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9542E	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)

#6B602A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9434C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.123 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98668',
    500: '#a9542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9542e;
$custom-light: #c98668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.537,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54303,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9542E

secondary

#71A9C2

accent

#B1E047

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9542E

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

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