#A46E21#A46E21

#A46E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.112 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A46E21
RGB	rgb(164, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 14.82, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 50.89, 73.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.0366 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.112 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1619, 19.1561, 4.0215)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A46E21 #2157A4

analogous

#A42C21 #A46E21 #98A421

triadic

#A46E21 #21A46E #6E21A4

tetradic

#A46E21 #21A42C #2157A4 #A42198

square

#A46E21 #21A42C #2157A4 #A42198

split-complementary

#A46E21 #2198A4 #2C21A4

monochromatic

#3E2A0C #714C17 #A46E21 #D5902D #DFAB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A46E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#A46E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A46E21

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A46E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A46E21	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a46e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.112 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49763',
    500: '#a46e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a46e21;
$custom-light: #c49763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a46e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58189,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A46E21

secondary

#5D87C4

accent

#85E93E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A46E21

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

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