#A46231#A46231

#A46231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.107 H 55.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A46231
RGB	rgb(164, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 22.37, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 44.45, 59.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.0613 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.107 55)
XYZ	xyz(20.2335, 16.8517, 5.0923)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A46231 #3173A4

analogous

#A4313A #A46231 #A49C31

triadic

#A46231 #31A462 #6231A4

tetradic

#A46231 #3AA431 #3173A4 #9C31A4

square

#A46231 #3AA431 #3173A4 #9C31A4

split-complementary

#A46231 #31A49C #313AA4

monochromatic

#462A15 #754623 #A46231 #C98049 #D7A179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#A46231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#A46231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A46231

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A46231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A46231	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75692C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a46231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.107 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48f6b',
    500: '#a46231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a46231;
$custom-light: #c48f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a46231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.565,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56065,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.1685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A46231

secondary

#729EBF

accent

#9FDD4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A46231

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

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