#A68040#A68040

#A68040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.094 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68040
RGB	rgb(166, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 61.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 7.29, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 40.41, 79.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.0186 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.094 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3718, 23.9171, 8.1823)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68040 #4066A6

analogous

#A64D40 #A68040 #99A640

triadic

#A68040 #40A680 #8040A6

tetradic

#A68040 #40A64D #4066A6 #A64099

square

#A68040 #40A64D #4066A6 #A64099

split-complementary

#A68040 #4099A6 #4D40A6

monochromatic

#4E3C1E #7A5E2F #A68040 #C29E61 #D3B98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A68040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A68040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68040

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68040	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.094 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a477',
    500: '#a68040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68040;
$custom-light: #c3a477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62343,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68040

secondary

#8499BE

accent

#84D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68040

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

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