#A2742A#A2742A

#A2742A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.106 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2742A
RGB	rgb(162, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 10.90, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 47.37, 76.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.0264 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.106 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5651, 20.3411, 4.9805)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2742A #2A58A2

analogous

#A2382A #A2742A #94A22A

triadic

#A2742A #2AA274 #742AA2

tetradic

#A2742A #2AA238 #2A58A2 #A22A94

square

#A2742A #2AA238 #2A58A2 #A22A94

split-complementary

#A2742A #2A94A2 #382AA2

monochromatic

#412E11 #71511D #A2742A #CD953D #D9B06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A2742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A2742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A2742A

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2742A	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.106 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29b68',
    500: '#a2742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2742a;
$custom-light: #c29b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59211,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2742A

secondary

#688AC0

accent

#82E246

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2742A

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

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