#A08042#A08042

#A08042 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.090 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08042
RGB	rgb(160, 128, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 4.78, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 38.14, 82.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.012 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.09 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2009, 23.3067, 8.4298)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08042 #4262A0

analogous

#A05142 #A08042 #91A042

triadic

#A08042 #42A080 #8042A0

tetradic

#A08042 #42A051 #4262A0 #A04291

square

#A08042 #42A051 #4262A0 #A04291

split-complementary

#A08042 #4291A0 #5142A0

monochromatic

#493B1E #755D30 #A08042 #BE9E61 #D0B98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#A08042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#A08042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08042

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08042	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 128, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.090 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa478',
    500: '#a08042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08042;
$custom-light: #bfa478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6172,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08042

secondary

#8396BB

accent

#80D156

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08042

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

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