#A4842D#A4842D

#A4842D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.110 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4842D
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 2.96, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 49.44, 86.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0037 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.11 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0361, 24.5860, 5.9617)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4842D #2D4DA4

analogous

#A4492D #A4842D #88A42D

triadic

#A4842D #2DA484 #842DA4

tetradic

#A4842D #2DA449 #2D4DA4 #A42D88

square

#A4842D #2DA449 #2D4DA4 #A42D88

split-complementary

#A4842D #2D88A4 #492DA4

monochromatic

#443713 #745D20 #A4842D #CBA743 #D9BD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A4842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A4842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4842D

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4842D	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)

#948321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.110 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a76b',
    500: '#a4842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4842d;
$custom-light: #c3a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.866,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4842D

secondary

#6D83C0

accent

#71E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4842D

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

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