#A6821D#A6821D

#A6821D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6821D
RGB	rgb(166, 130, 29)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 82.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 4.31, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 55.26, 85.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.0056 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.119 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9318, 24.1626, 4.5655)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6821D #1D41A6

analogous

#A63E1D #A6821D #85A61D

triadic

#A6821D #1DA682 #821DA6

tetradic

#A6821D #1DA63E #1D41A6 #A61D85

square

#A6821D #1DA63E #1D41A6 #A61D85

split-complementary

#A6821D #1D85A6 #3E1DA6

monochromatic

#3E300B #725914 #A6821D #D9AA27 #E2BF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A6821D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A6821D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6821D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6821D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6821D	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)

#938102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6821d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 130, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a563',
    500: '#a6821d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6821d;
$custom-light: #c5a563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6821d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.234,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62446,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6821D

secondary

#5975C6

accent

#6AED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6821D

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

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