#A36E42#A36E42

#A36E42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.090 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36E42
RGB	rgb(163, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 16.31, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 36.62, 63.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.0459 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.09 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6649, 19.3335, 7.7439)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36E42 #4277A3

analogous

#A34247 #A36E42 #A39E42

triadic

#A36E42 #42A36E #6E42A3

tetradic

#A36E42 #47A342 #4277A3 #9E42A3

square

#A36E42 #47A342 #4277A3 #9E42A3

split-complementary

#A36E42 #42A39E #4247A3

monochromatic

#4C331F #775130 #A36E42 #C08D63 #D1AD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#A36E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#A36E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A36E42

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A36E42	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E733E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.090 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29777',
    500: '#a36e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36e42;
$custom-light: #c29777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.216,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58428,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36E42

secondary

#84A3BC

accent

#9AD256

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36E42

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

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