#A36D21#A36D21

#A36D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.111 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36D21
RGB	rgb(163, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 79.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 14.93, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 50.55, 72.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.037 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.111 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8490, 18.8355, 3.9761)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36D21 #2157A3

analogous

#A32C21 #A36D21 #98A321

triadic

#A36D21 #21A36D #6D21A3

tetradic

#A36D21 #21A32C #2157A3 #A32198

square

#A36D21 #21A32C #2157A3 #A32198

split-complementary

#A36D21 #2198A3 #2C21A3

monochromatic

#3D290C #704B17 #A36D21 #D48F2D #DFAA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#A36D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A36D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36D21

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36D21	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.111 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39662',
    500: '#a36d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36d21;
$custom-light: #c39662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.077,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5787,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36D21

secondary

#5C87C3

accent

#85E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36D21

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →