#A36231#A36231

#A36231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.106 H 55.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36231
RGB	rgb(163, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 69.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 21.94, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 44.07, 60.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.0601 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.106 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0279, 16.7457, 5.0826)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36231 #3172A3

analogous

#A33139 #A36231 #A39B31

triadic

#A36231 #31A362 #6231A3

tetradic

#A36231 #39A331 #3172A3 #9B31A3

square

#A36231 #39A331 #3172A3 #9B31A3

split-complementary

#A36231 #31A39B #3139A3

monochromatic

#452915 #744623 #A36231 #C88049 #D6A178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#A36231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#A36231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A36231

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A36231	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75692C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.106 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38f6b',
    500: '#a36231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36231;
$custom-light: #c38f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.789,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55932,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36231

secondary

#719DBF

accent

#9EDD4B

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36231

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

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