#A7742E#A7742E

#A7742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.106 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7742E
RGB	rgb(167, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 13.36, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 47.04, 73.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.0338 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.106 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6765, 20.9054, 5.4251)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7742E #2E61A7

analogous

#A7382E #A7742E #9EA72E

triadic

#A7742E #2EA774 #742EA7

tetradic

#A7742E #2EA738 #2E61A7 #A72E9E

square

#A7742E #2EA738 #2E61A7 #A72E9E

split-complementary

#A7742E #2E9EA7 #382EA7

monochromatic

#473114 #775321 #A7742E #CC9446 #D9AF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A7742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#A7742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A7742E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7742E	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.106 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69c6b',
    500: '#a7742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7742e;
$custom-light: #c69c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.711,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59841,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7742E

secondary

#7092C1

accent

#88E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7742E

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