#A6821B#A6821B

#A6821B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6821B
RGB	rgb(166, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 83.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 4.24, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 55.88, 85.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0053 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.12 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9079, 24.1531, 4.4395)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6821B #1B3FA6

analogous

#A63C1B #A6821B #85A61B

triadic

#A6821B #1BA682 #821BA6

tetradic

#A6821B #1BA63C #1B3FA6 #A61B85

square

#A6821B #1BA63C #1B3FA6 #A61B85

split-complementary

#A6821B #1B85A6 #3C1BA6

monochromatic

#3D300A #715912 #A6821B #DBAB24 #E4BF58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A6821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A6821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6821B

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6821B	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a562',
    500: '#a6821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6821b;
$custom-light: #c5a562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.46,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62436,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6821B

secondary

#5673C7

accent

#68EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6821B

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

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