#A36240#A36240

#A36240 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.097 H 47.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36240
RGB	rgb(163, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 22.95, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 38.02, 52.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.0656 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.097 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3988, 16.8940, 7.0361)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36240 #4081A3

analogous

#A34050 #A36240 #A39440

triadic

#A36240 #40A362 #6240A3

tetradic

#A36240 #50A340 #4081A3 #9440A3

square

#A36240 #50A340 #4081A3 #9440A3

split-complementary

#A36240 #40A394 #4050A3

monochromatic

#4B2D1D #77482F #A36240 #C08160 #D2A48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#A36240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A36240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A36240

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A36240	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.097 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28f75',
    500: '#a36240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36240;
$custom-light: #c28f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.606,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56138,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36240

secondary

#82A9BD

accent

#A8D354

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36240

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

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