#A36342#A36342

#A36342 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.096 H 47.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36342
RGB	rgb(163, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 22.55, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 37.13, 52.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.0646 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.096 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5509, 17.1055, 7.3726)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36342 #4282A3

analogous

#A34252 #A36342 #A39342

triadic

#A36342 #42A363 #6342A3

tetradic

#A36342 #52A342 #4282A3 #9342A3

square

#A36342 #52A342 #4282A3 #9342A3

split-complementary

#A36342 #42A393 #4252A3

monochromatic

#4C2E1F #774930 #A36342 #C08263 #D1A58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#A36342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A36342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A36342

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A36342	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1575B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.096 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29077',
    500: '#a36342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36342;
$custom-light: #c29077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.412,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56353,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36342

secondary

#84A9BC

accent

#A8D256

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36342

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

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