#A4842B#A4842B

#A4842B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.111 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4842B
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 2.85, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 50.25, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.0031 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.111 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9985, 24.5710, 5.7637)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4842B #2B4BA4

analogous

#A4472B #A4842B #87A42B

triadic

#A4842B #2BA484 #842BA4

tetradic

#A4842B #2BA447 #2B4BA4 #A42B87

square

#A4842B #2BA447 #2B4BA4 #A42B87

split-complementary

#A4842B #2B87A4 #472BA4

monochromatic

#433612 #745D1E #A4842B #CDA73F #D9BE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A4842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#A4842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4842B

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4842B	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)

#94831E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.111 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a76a',
    500: '#a4842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4842b;
$custom-light: #c3a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.132,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62743,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4842B

secondary

#6A81C1

accent

#6FE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4842B

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

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