#A3742F#A3742F

#A3742F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.103 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3742F
RGB	rgb(163, 116, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 71.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 11.62, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 45.51, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.0292 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.103 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8642, 20.4843, 5.4911)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3742F #2F5EA3

analogous

#A33A2F #A3742F #98A32F

triadic

#A3742F #2FA374 #742FA3

tetradic

#A3742F #2FA33A #2F5EA3 #A32F98

square

#A3742F #2FA33A #2F5EA3 #A32F98

split-complementary

#A3742F #2F98A3 #3A2FA3

monochromatic

#443014 #735221 #A3742F #CA9446 #D7B075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A3742F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#A3742F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A3742F

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3742F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3742F	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3742f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 116, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.103 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29b6b',
    500: '#a3742f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3742f;
$custom-light: #c29b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3742f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.69,
    "s": 55.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59376,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3742F

secondary

#6F8FBF

accent

#86DF49

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3742F

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

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