#A8742A#A8742A

#A8742A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.110 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8742A
RGB	rgb(168, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 13.61, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 48.97, 73.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.0339 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.11 72)
XYZ	xyz(22.8134, 20.9847, 5.0390)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8742A #2A5EA8

analogous

#A8352A #A8742A #9DA82A

triadic

#A8742A #2AA874 #742AA8

tetradic

#A8742A #2AA835 #2A5EA8 #A82A9D

square

#A8742A #2AA835 #2A5EA8 #A82A9D

split-complementary

#A8742A #2A9DA8 #352AA8

monochromatic

#463012 #77521E #A8742A #CF9440 #DBB071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A8742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A8742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8742A

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8742A	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.110 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79c68',
    500: '#a8742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8742a;
$custom-light: #c79c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.238,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59925,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.20983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8742A

secondary

#6B8FC3

accent

#86E345

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8742A

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

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