#A4842A#A4842A

#A4842A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.112 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4842A
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 2.81, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 50.65, 86.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.0029 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.112 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9804, 24.5638, 5.6683)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4842A #2A4AA4

analogous

#A4472A #A4842A #87A42A

triadic

#A4842A #2AA484 #842AA4

tetradic

#A4842A #2AA447 #2A4AA4 #A42A87

square

#A4842A #2AA447 #2A4AA4 #A42A87

split-complementary

#A4842A #2A87A4 #472AA4

monochromatic

#433611 #735D1E #A4842A #CDA83E #DABE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A4842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#A4842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4842A

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4842A	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.112 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a76a',
    500: '#a4842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4842a;
$custom-light: #c3a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.262,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62735,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4842A

secondary

#6980C1

accent

#6FE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4842A

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

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