#A4742F#A4742F

#A4742F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.104 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4742F
RGB	rgb(164, 116, 47)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 12.07, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 45.78, 74.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.0304 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.104 73)
XYZ	xyz(22.0698, 20.5903, 5.5007)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4742F #2F5FA4

analogous

#A43A2F #A4742F #9AA42F

triadic

#A4742F #2FA474 #742FA4

tetradic

#A4742F #2FA43A #2F5FA4 #A42F9A

square

#A4742F #2FA43A #2F5FA4 #A42F9A

split-complementary

#A4742F #2F9AA4 #3A2FA4

monochromatic

#453114 #745221 #A4742F #CA9446 #D8AF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A4742F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A4742F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4742F

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4742F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4742F	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)

#857627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4742f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 116, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.104 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39c6b',
    500: '#a4742f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4742f;
$custom-light: #c39c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4742f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.385,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59494,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.20589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4742F

secondary

#6F90C0

accent

#86DF49

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4742F

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

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