#A3742D#A3742D

#A3742D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.105 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3742D
RGB	rgb(163, 116, 45)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 72.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 11.51, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 46.37, 75.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.0286 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.105 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8248, 20.4685, 5.2835)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3742D #2D5CA3

analogous

#A3392D #A3742D #97A32D

triadic

#A3742D #2DA374 #742DA3

tetradic

#A3742D #2DA339 #2D5CA3 #A32D97

square

#A3742D #2DA339 #2D5CA3 #A32D97

split-complementary

#A3742D #2D97A3 #392DA3

monochromatic

#433013 #735220 #A3742D #CB9442 #D8B072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A3742D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#A3742D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A3742D

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3742D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3742D	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3742d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 116, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.105 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29b6a',
    500: '#a3742d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3742d;
$custom-light: #c29b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3742d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.102,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59357,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3742D

secondary

#6C8DC0

accent

#84E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3742D

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

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