#A2742E#A2742E

#A2742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.103 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2742E
RGB	rgb(162, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 71.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 11.11, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 45.68, 75.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.0276 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.103 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6403, 20.3712, 5.3765)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2742E #2E5CA2

analogous

#A23A2E #A2742E #96A22E

triadic

#A2742E #2EA274 #742EA2

tetradic

#A2742E #2EA23A #2E5CA2 #A22E96

square

#A2742E #2EA23A #2E5CA2 #A22E96

split-complementary

#A2742E #2E96A2 #3A2EA2

monochromatic

#433013 #725220 #A2742E #CA9443 #D7B073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A2742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A2742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A2742E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2742E	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)

#857625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.103 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29b6a',
    500: '#a2742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2742e;
$custom-light: #c29b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.207,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59248,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2742E

secondary

#6D8DBF

accent

#84DF49

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2742E

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

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