#A4862D#A4862D

#A4862D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.111 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4862D
RGB	rgb(164, 134, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 1.84, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 49.92, 87.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0005 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.111 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3100, 25.1337, 6.0530)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4862D #2D4BA4

analogous

#A44A2D #A4862D #86A42D

triadic

#A4862D #2DA486 #862DA4

tetradic

#A4862D #2DA44A #2D4BA4 #A42D86

square

#A4862D #2DA44A #2D4BA4 #A42D86

split-complementary

#A4862D #2D86A4 #4A2DA4

monochromatic

#443813 #745F20 #A4862D #CBA943 #D9BF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#A4862D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#A4862D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A4862D

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4862D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4862D	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4862d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 134, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.111 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a86c',
    500: '#a4862d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4862d;
$custom-light: #c3a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4862d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.874,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63181,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4862D

secondary

#6D82C0

accent

#6EE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4862D

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

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