#A27C22#A27C22

#A27C22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.113 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A27C22
RGB	rgb(162, 124, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 6.02, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 51.71, 83.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.0113 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.113 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3981, 22.2138, 4.6211)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A27C22 #2248A2

analogous

#A23C22 #A27C22 #88A222

triadic

#A27C22 #22A27C #7C22A2

tetradic

#A27C22 #22A23C #2248A2 #A22288

square

#A27C22 #22A23C #2248A2 #A22288

split-complementary

#A27C22 #2288A2 #3C22A2

monochromatic

#3D2F0D #6F5517 #A27C22 #D3A22E #DEB961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#A27C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#A27C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A27C22

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A27C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A27C22	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a27c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 124, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.113 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a165',
    500: '#a27c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a27c22;
$custom-light: #c2a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a27c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60786,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A27C22

secondary

#5D7BC3

accent

#72E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A27C22

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

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