#A46A42#A46A42

#A46A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.093 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A46A42
RGB	rgb(164, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 19.02, 31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 37.02, 59.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.0539 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.093 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4487, 18.5958, 7.6129)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A46A42 #427CA4

analogous

#A4424B #A46A42 #A49B42

triadic

#A46A42 #42A46A #6A42A4

tetradic

#A46A42 #4BA442 #427CA4 #9B42A4

square

#A46A42 #4BA442 #427CA4 #9B42A4

split-complementary

#A46A42 #42A49B #424BA4

monochromatic

#4D321F #784E30 #A46A42 #C08963 #D2AA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A46A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A46A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A46A42

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A46A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A46A42	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a46a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.093 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39577',
    500: '#a46a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a46a42;
$custom-light: #c39577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a46a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.49,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57785,
    "c": 0.09259,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A46A42

secondary

#85A6BD

accent

#9FD255

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F1ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A46A42

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

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