#A36C23#A36C23

#A36C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.110 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36C23
RGB	rgb(163, 108, 35)
HSL	hsl(34, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(34, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 78.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 15.58, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 49.74, 71.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0391 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.11 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7718, 18.6349, 4.0927)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36C23 #235AA3

analogous

#A32C23 #A36C23 #9AA323

triadic

#A36C23 #23A36C #6C23A3

tetradic

#A36C23 #23A32C #235AA3 #A3239A

square

#A36C23 #23A32C #235AA3 #A3239A

split-complementary

#A36C23 #239AA3 #2C23A3

monochromatic

#3E290D #714B18 #A36C23 #D38D31 #DDA963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#A36C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#A36C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36C23

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36C23	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 108, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.110 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39663',
    500: '#a36c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36c23;
$custom-light: #c39663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.219,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5769,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36C23

secondary

#5F8AC3

accent

#88E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F1EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36C23

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

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