#A46240#A46240

#A46240 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.098 H 47.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A46240
RGB	rgb(164, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 23.38, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 38.43, 52.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.0668 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.098 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6044, 17.0000, 7.0457)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A46240 #4082A4

analogous

#A44050 #A46240 #A49440

triadic

#A46240 #40A462 #6240A4

tetradic

#A46240 #50A440 #4082A4 #9440A4

square

#A46240 #50A440 #4082A4 #9440A4

split-complementary

#A46240 #40A494 #4050A4

monochromatic

#4C2D1E #78482F #A46240 #C18160 #D2A48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#A46240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#A46240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A46240

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A46240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A46240	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a46240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.098 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38f75',
    500: '#a46240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a46240;
$custom-light: #c38f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a46240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56269,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A46240

secondary

#83A9BD

accent

#A8D454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A46240

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

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