#A68028#A68028

#A68028 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.112 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68028
RGB	rgb(166, 128, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 75.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 5.86, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 50.96, 83.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.0113 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.112 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8296, 23.7002, 5.3266)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68028 #284EA6

analogous

#A64128 #A68028 #8DA628

triadic

#A68028 #28A680 #8028A6

tetradic

#A68028 #28A641 #284EA6 #A6288D

square

#A68028 #28A641 #284EA6 #A6288D

split-complementary

#A68028 #288DA6 #4128A6

monochromatic

#433410 #755A1C #A68028 #D0A33B #DCBA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#A68028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#A68028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68028

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68028	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90801A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 128, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.112 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a468',
    500: '#a68028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68028;
$custom-light: #c5a468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62102,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68028

secondary

#6783C2

accent

#74E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68028

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

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