#A35E42#A35E42

#A35E42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.099 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A35E42
RGB	rgb(163, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 25.35, 28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 37.81, 47.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.0732 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.099 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0918, 16.1873, 7.2195)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A35E42 #4287A3

analogous

#A34256 #A35E42 #A38F42

triadic

#A35E42 #42A35E #5E42A3

tetradic

#A35E42 #56A342 #4287A3 #8F42A3

square

#A35E42 #56A342 #4287A3 #8F42A3

split-complementary

#A35E42 #42A38F #4256A3

monochromatic

#4C2C1F #774530 #A35E42 #C07D63 #D1A28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A35E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A35E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A35E42

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A35E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A35E42	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a35e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.099 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28c77',
    500: '#a35e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a35e42;
$custom-light: #c28c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a35e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.32,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5545,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A35E42

secondary

#84ACBC

accent

#AED256

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A35E42

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

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