#A6742E#A6742E

#A6742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.106 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6742E
RGB	rgb(166, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 12.91, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 46.76, 73.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0326 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.106 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4660, 20.7969, 5.4152)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6742E #2E60A6

analogous

#A6382E #A6742E #9CA62E

triadic

#A6742E #2EA674 #742EA6

tetradic

#A6742E #2EA638 #2E60A6 #A62E9C

square

#A6742E #2EA638 #2E60A6 #A62E9C

split-complementary

#A6742E #2E9CA6 #382EA6

monochromatic

#463113 #765321 #A6742E #CC9446 #D9AF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A6742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A6742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6742E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6742E	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.106 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59c6b',
    500: '#a6742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6742e;
$custom-light: #c59c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59722,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6742E

secondary

#6F91C1

accent

#87E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6742E

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

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