#A4842C#A4842C

#A4842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.111 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4842C
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 2.90, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 49.85, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0034 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.111 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0171, 24.5784, 5.8615)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4842C #2C4CA4

analogous

#A4482C #A4842C #88A42C

triadic

#A4842C #2CA484 #842CA4

tetradic

#A4842C #2CA448 #2C4CA4 #A42C88

square

#A4842C #2CA448 #2C4CA4 #A42C88

split-complementary

#A4842C #2C88A4 #482CA4

monochromatic

#433612 #745D1F #A4842C #CCA741 #D9BD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A4842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A4842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4842C

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4842C	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.111 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a76b',
    500: '#a4842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4842c;
$custom-light: #c3a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62751,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4842C

secondary

#6B82C0

accent

#70E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4842C

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

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