#A6872B#A6872B

#A6872B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.113 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6872B
RGB	rgb(166, 135, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 2.09, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 51.28, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.0008 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.113 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8273, 25.6109, 5.9208)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6872B #2B4AA6

analogous

#A6492B #A6872B #87A62B

triadic

#A6872B #2BA687 #872BA6

tetradic

#A6872B #2BA649 #2B4AA6 #A62B87

square

#A6872B #2BA649 #2B4AA6 #A62B87

split-complementary

#A6872B #2B87A6 #492BA6

monochromatic

#453812 #755F1E #A6872B #CEAA41 #DAC071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A6872B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A6872B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A6872B

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6872B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6872B	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6872b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 135, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.113 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a96b',
    500: '#a6872b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6872b;
$custom-light: #c4a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6872b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.878,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63587,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6872B

secondary

#6B81C1

accent

#6DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6872B

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

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