#A3842E#A3842E

#A3842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.109 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3842E
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 71.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 2.56, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 48.85, 87.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0027 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.109 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8500, 24.4878, 6.0547)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3842E #2E4DA3

analogous

#A34A2E #A3842E #87A32E

triadic

#A3842E #2EA384 #842EA3

tetradic

#A3842E #2EA34A #2E4DA3 #A32E87

square

#A3842E #2EA34A #2E4DA3 #A32E87

split-complementary

#A3842E #2E87A3 #4A2EA3

monochromatic

#443713 #735D21 #A3842E #CAA744 #D8BD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A3842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#A3842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A3842E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3842E	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.109 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a76c',
    500: '#a3842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3842e;
$custom-light: #c2a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.103,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62662,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3842E

secondary

#6D83BF

accent

#70DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3842E

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

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