#A6856A#A6856A

#A6856A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.056 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6856A
RGB	rgb(166, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(27, 25%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 36%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 36.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 8.71, 19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 21.22, 65.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0272 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.056 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7156, 25.9240, 17.2295)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6856A #6A8BA6

analogous

#A66A6D #A6856A #A6A36A

triadic

#A6856A #6AA685 #856AA6

tetradic

#A6856A #6DA66A #6A8BA6 #A36AA6

square

#A6856A #6DA66A #6A8BA6 #A36AA6

split-complementary

#A6856A #6AA6A3 #6A6DA6

monochromatic

#5E4938 #84674F #A6856A #BDA490 #D4C4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A6856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A6856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6856A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6856A	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.056 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a894',
    500: '#a6856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6856a;
$custom-light: #c1a894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 25.21,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6409,
    "c": 0.05587,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6856A

secondary

#A9B7C3

accent

#98C266

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F1

border

#D1CECB

text

#120F0D

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6856A

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

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