#A6742A#A6742A

#A6742A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.108 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6742A
RGB	rgb(166, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 12.71, 46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 48.42, 74.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.0314 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.108 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3908, 20.7668, 5.0192)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6742A #2A5CA6

analogous

#A6362A #A6742A #9AA62A

triadic

#A6742A #2AA674 #742AA6

tetradic

#A6742A #2AA636 #2A5CA6 #A62A9A

square

#A6742A #2AA636 #2A5CA6 #A62A9A

split-complementary

#A6742A #2A9AA6 #362AA6

monochromatic

#443011 #75521E #A6742A #CE943F #DBB070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A6742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A6742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6742A

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6742A	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91832C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.108 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59c68',
    500: '#a6742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6742a;
$custom-light: #c59c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.806,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59685,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6742A

secondary

#6A8DC2

accent

#85E345

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6742A

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

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