#A46A49#A46A49

#A46A49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.088 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A46A49
RGB	rgb(164, 106, 73)
HSL	hsl(22, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 19.60, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 34.16, 54.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.0567 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.088 50)
XYZ	xyz(21.6678, 18.6835, 8.7671)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A46A49 #4983A4

analogous

#A44956 #A46A49 #A49849

triadic

#A46A49 #49A46A #6A49A4

tetradic

#A46A49 #56A449 #4983A4 #9849A4

square

#A46A49 #56A449 #4983A4 #9849A4

split-complementary

#A46A49 #49A498 #4956A4

monochromatic

#4F3323 #7A4F36 #A46A49 #BE8A6C #D1AC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A46A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A46A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A46A49

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A46A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A46A49	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a46a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 106, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.088 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2957c',
    500: '#a46a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a46a49;
$custom-light: #c2957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a46a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.758,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57899,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.18682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A46A49

secondary

#8CABBD

accent

#A4CE59

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F1EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A46A49

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

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