#A46440#A46440

#A46440 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.097 H 49.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A46440
RGB	rgb(164, 100, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 22.25, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 38.22, 54.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.0634 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.097 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7939, 17.3790, 7.1089)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A46440 #4080A4

analogous

#A4404E #A46440 #A49640

triadic

#A46440 #40A464 #6440A4

tetradic

#A46440 #4EA440 #4080A4 #9640A4

square

#A46440 #4EA440 #4080A4 #9640A4

split-complementary

#A46440 #40A496 #404EA4

monochromatic

#4C2E1E #78492F #A46440 #C18360 #D2A58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A46440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#A46440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A46440

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A46440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A46440	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a46440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 100, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.097 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39075',
    500: '#a46440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a46440;
$custom-light: #c39075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a46440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56635,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A46440

secondary

#83A8BD

accent

#A6D454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A46440

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

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