#A6821C#A6821C

#A6821C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6821C
RGB	rgb(166, 130, 28)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 83.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 4.27, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 55.57, 85.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0054 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.119 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9197, 24.1578, 4.5015)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6821C #1C40A6

analogous

#A63D1C #A6821C #85A61C

triadic

#A6821C #1CA682 #821CA6

tetradic

#A6821C #1CA63D #1C40A6 #A61C85

square

#A6821C #1CA63D #1C40A6 #A61C85

split-complementary

#A6821C #1C85A6 #3D1CA6

monochromatic

#3D300A #725913 #A6821C #DAAB25 #E3BF59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A6821C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A6821C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6821C

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6821C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6821C	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)

#B5766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6821c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 130, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a563',
    500: '#a6821c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6821c;
$custom-light: #c5a563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6821c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62441,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6821C

secondary

#5774C7

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6821C

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

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