#A36237#A36237

#A36237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.102 H 52.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36237
RGB	rgb(163, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 66.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 22.31, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 41.61, 57.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.0622 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.102 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1631, 16.7997, 5.7945)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36237 #3778A3

analogous

#A33742 #A36237 #A39837

triadic

#A36237 #37A362 #6237A3

tetradic

#A36237 #42A337 #3778A3 #9837A3

square

#A36237 #42A337 #3778A3 #9837A3

split-complementary

#A36237 #37A398 #3742A3

monochromatic

#472B18 #754628 #A36237 #C58052 #D4A280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#A36237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#A36237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A36237

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A36237	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.102 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38f6f',
    500: '#a36237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36237;
$custom-light: #c38f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.889,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56007,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36237

secondary

#78A2BE

accent

#A2D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36237

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

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