#A4642E#A4642E

#A4642E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.107 H 58.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4642E
RGB	rgb(164, 100, 46)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 21.08, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 45.59, 62.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.0569 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.107 58)
XYZ	xyz(20.3618, 17.2061, 4.8330)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4642E #2E6EA4

analogous

#A42E33 #A4642E #A49F2E

triadic

#A4642E #2EA464 #642EA4

tetradic

#A4642E #33A42E #2E6EA4 #9F2EA4

square

#A4642E #33A42E #2E6EA4 #9F2EA4

split-complementary

#A4642E #2EA49F #2E33A4

monochromatic

#442A13 #744721 #A4642E #CB8245 #D8A274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#A4642E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#A4642E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4642E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4642E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4642E	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4642e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 100, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.107 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49069',
    500: '#a4642e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4642e;
$custom-light: #c49069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4642e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.458,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56399,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.17204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4642E

secondary

#6E9AC0

accent

#9ADF48

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4642E

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

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