#A37A42#A37A42

#A37A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.089 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A37A42
RGB	rgb(163, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 9.50, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 37.66, 75.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.0256 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.089 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0484, 22.1005, 8.2051)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A37A42 #426BA3

analogous

#A34942 #A37A42 #9CA342

triadic

#A37A42 #42A37A #7A42A3

tetradic

#A37A42 #42A349 #426BA3 #A3429C

square

#A37A42 #42A349 #426BA3 #A3429C

split-complementary

#A37A42 #429CA3 #4942A3

monochromatic

#4C391F #775930 #A37A42 #C09863 #D1B58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#A37A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#A37A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A37A42

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A37A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A37A42	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a37a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.089 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a078',
    500: '#a37a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a37a42;
$custom-light: #c1a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a37a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.639,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60811,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A37A42

secondary

#849CBC

accent

#8AD256

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A37A42

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

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