#A9542F#A9542F

#A9542F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.123 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9542F
RGB	rgb(169, 84, 47)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, 32.06, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 48.92, 49.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.0898 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.123 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0474, 14.9833, 4.5251)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9542F #2F84A9

analogous

#A92F47 #A9542F #A9912F

triadic

#A9542F #2FA954 #542FA9

tetradic

#A9542F #47A92F #2F84A9 #912FA9

square

#A9542F #47A92F #2F84A9 #912FA9

split-complementary

#A9542F #2FA991 #2F47A9

monochromatic

#492414 #793C22 #A9542F #CC7149 #DA9679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A9542F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A9542F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9542F

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9542F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9542F	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B602B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9434C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9542f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 84, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.123 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98669',
    500: '#a9542f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9542f;
$custom-light: #c98669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9542f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.197,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54315,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9542F

secondary

#72AAC2

accent

#B2E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9542F

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

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