#A4642A#A4642A

#A4642A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.110 H 59.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4642A
RGB	rgb(164, 100, 42)
HSL	hsl(29, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(29, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 20.87, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 47.21, 63.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.0557 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.11 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2866, 17.1761, 4.4370)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4642A #2A6AA4

analogous

#A42A2D #A4642A #A4A12A

triadic

#A4642A #2AA464 #642AA4

tetradic

#A4642A #2DA42A #2A6AA4 #A12AA4

square

#A4642A #2DA42A #2A6AA4 #A12AA4

split-complementary

#A4642A #2AA4A1 #2A2DA4

monochromatic

#432911 #73461E #A4642A #CD823E #DAA26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#A4642A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A4642A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4642A

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4642A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4642A	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4642a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 100, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.110 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49067',
    500: '#a4642a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4642a;
$custom-light: #c49067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4642a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.525,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56358,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4642A

secondary

#6997C1

accent

#98E245

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4642A

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

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