#A27D28#A27D28

#A27D28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.109 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A27D28
RGB	rgb(162, 125, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 5.72, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 49.61, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.0111 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.109 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6183, 22.5034, 5.1594)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A27D28 #284DA2

analogous

#A24028 #A27D28 #8AA228

triadic

#A27D28 #28A27D #7D28A2

tetradic

#A27D28 #28A240 #284DA2 #A2288A

square

#A27D28 #28A240 #284DA2 #A2288A

split-complementary

#A27D28 #288AA2 #4028A2

monochromatic

#403110 #71571C #A27D28 #CEA139 #DAB86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#A27D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#A27D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A27D28

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A27D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A27D28	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96862C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a27d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 125, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.109 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a268',
    500: '#a27d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a27d28;
$custom-light: #c2a268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a27d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.803,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61037,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A27D28

secondary

#6581C1

accent

#75E444

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A27D28

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

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