#A8742E#A8742E

#A8742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.107 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8742E
RGB	rgb(168, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 13.81, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 47.33, 73.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.0351 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.107 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8886, 21.0148, 5.4350)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8742E #2E62A8

analogous

#A8372E #A8742E #9FA82E

triadic

#A8742E #2EA874 #742EA8

tetradic

#A8742E #2EA837 #2E62A8 #A82E9F

square

#A8742E #2EA837 #2E62A8 #A82E9F

split-complementary

#A8742E #2E9FA8 #372EA8

monochromatic

#483214 #785321 #A8742E #CD9347 #DAB077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A8742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A8742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8742E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8742E	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)

#867725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.107 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69c6b',
    500: '#a8742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8742e;
$custom-light: #c69c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.426,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59961,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8742E

secondary

#7093C2

accent

#89E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8742E

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

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