#A4742E#A4742E

#A4742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.104 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4742E
RGB	rgb(164, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 12.01, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 46.21, 74.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.0301 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.105 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0499, 20.5824, 5.3957)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4742E #2E5EA4

analogous

#A4392E #A4742E #99A42E

triadic

#A4742E #2EA474 #742EA4

tetradic

#A4742E #2EA439 #2E5EA4 #A42E99

square

#A4742E #2EA439 #2E5EA4 #A42E99

split-complementary

#A4742E #2E99A4 #392EA4

monochromatic

#443013 #745221 #A4742E #CB9445 #D8B074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A4742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A4742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4742E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4742E	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.104 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39c6b',
    500: '#a4742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4742e;
$custom-light: #c39c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.593,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59484,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4742E

secondary

#6E8FC0

accent

#86DF48

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4742E

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

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