#A4842E#A4842E

#A4842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.109 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4842E
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 3.01, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 49.02, 86.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.0039 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.109 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0556, 24.5938, 6.0643)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4842E #2E4EA4

analogous

#A4492E #A4842E #89A42E

triadic

#A4842E #2EA484 #842EA4

tetradic

#A4842E #2EA449 #2E4EA4 #A42E89

square

#A4842E #2EA449 #2E4EA4 #A42E89

split-complementary

#A4842E #2E89A4 #492EA4

monochromatic

#443713 #745E21 #A4842E #CBA645 #D8BD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A4842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A4842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4842E

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4842E	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)

#938322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.109 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a76c',
    500: '#a4842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4842e;
$custom-light: #c3a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.729,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62768,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4842E

secondary

#6E84C0

accent

#71DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4842E

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

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