#A27E2B#A27E2B

#A27E2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.108 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A27E2B
RGB	rgb(162, 126, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 5.30, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 48.59, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.0103 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.108 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7986, 22.7791, 5.4810)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A27E2B #2B4FA2

analogous

#A2432B #A27E2B #8AA22B

triadic

#A27E2B #2BA27E #7E2BA2

tetradic

#A27E2B #2BA243 #2B4FA2 #A22B8A

square

#A27E2B #2BA243 #2B4FA2 #A22B8A

split-complementary

#A27E2B #2B8AA2 #432BA2

monochromatic

#413311 #72581E #A27E2B #CCA13E #D9B96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#A27E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#A27E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A27E2B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A27E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A27E2B	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a27e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.108 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a36a',
    500: '#a27e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a27e2b;
$custom-light: #c1a36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a27e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.849,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6127,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A27E2B

secondary

#6983C0

accent

#75E147

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A27E2B

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