#A46442#A46442

#A46442 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.096 H 48.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A46442
RGB	rgb(164, 100, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 22.41, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 37.44, 53.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.0641 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.096 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8518, 17.4022, 7.4140)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A46442 #4282A4

analogous

#A44251 #A46442 #A49542

triadic

#A46442 #42A464 #6442A4

tetradic

#A46442 #51A442 #4282A4 #9542A4

square

#A46442 #51A442 #4282A4 #9542A4

split-complementary

#A46442 #42A495 #4251A4

monochromatic

#4D2F1F #784930 #A46442 #C08363 #D2A68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A46442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#A46442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A46442

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A46442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A46442	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)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2585C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a46442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 100, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.096 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39077',
    500: '#a46442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a46442;
$custom-light: #c39077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a46442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.816,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56666,
    "c": 0.09595,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A46442

secondary

#85A9BD

accent

#A7D255

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A46442

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

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