#A36E21#A36E21

#A36E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.111 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36E21
RGB	rgb(163, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 79.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 14.36, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 50.61, 73.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.0353 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.111 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9563, 19.0501, 4.0119)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36E21 #2156A3

analogous

#A32D21 #A36E21 #97A321

triadic

#A36E21 #21A36E #6E21A3

tetradic

#A36E21 #21A32D #2156A3 #A32197

square

#A36E21 #21A32D #2156A3 #A32197

split-complementary

#A36E21 #2197A3 #2D21A3

monochromatic

#3D290C #704C17 #A36E21 #D4902D #DFAB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#A36E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#A36E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36E21

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36E21	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.111 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39762',
    500: '#a36e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36e21;
$custom-light: #c39762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.538,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58066,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36E21

secondary

#5C86C3

accent

#84E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36E21

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

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