#A3742E#A3742E

#A3742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.104 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3742E
RGB	rgb(163, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 71.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 11.56, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 45.94, 75.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.0289 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.104 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8443, 20.4763, 5.3861)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3742E #2E5DA3

analogous

#A3392E #A3742E #97A32E

triadic

#A3742E #2EA374 #742EA3

tetradic

#A3742E #2EA339 #2E5DA3 #A32E97

square

#A3742E #2EA339 #2E5DA3 #A32E97

split-complementary

#A3742E #2E97A3 #392EA3

monochromatic

#443013 #735221 #A3742E #CA9444 #D8B074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A3742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#A3742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A3742E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3742E	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)

#857625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.104 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29b6a',
    500: '#a3742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3742e;
$custom-light: #c29b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.897,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59366,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3742E

secondary

#6D8EBF

accent

#85DF49

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3742E

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

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