#A27221#A27221

#A27221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.111 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A27221
RGB	rgb(162, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 11.64, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 50.67, 76.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.0274 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.111 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1937, 19.8276, 4.1495)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A27221 #2151A2

analogous

#A23121 #A27221 #91A221

triadic

#A27221 #21A272 #7221A2

tetradic

#A27221 #21A231 #2151A2 #A22191

square

#A27221 #21A231 #2151A2 #A22191

split-complementary

#A27221 #2191A2 #3121A2

monochromatic

#3C2A0C #6F4E17 #A27221 #D4962C #DEAF5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A27221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A27221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A27221

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A27221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A27221	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a27221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.111 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29a63',
    500: '#a27221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a27221;
$custom-light: #c29a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a27221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.674,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58739,
    "c": 0.1108,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A27221

secondary

#5C82C3

accent

#7EE93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A27221

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

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