#A68D59#A68D59

#A68D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.076 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68D59
RGB	rgb(166, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 46.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 2.27, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 31.24, 85.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.007 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.076 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0548, 27.8793, 13.4054)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68D59 #5972A6

analogous

#A66659 #A68D59 #99A659

triadic

#A68D59 #59A68D #8D59A6

tetradic

#A68D59 #59A666 #5972A6 #A65999

square

#A68D59 #59A666 #5972A6 #A65999

split-complementary

#A68D59 #5999A6 #6659A6

monochromatic

#56492E #7E6B44 #A68D59 #BBA881 #D1C4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A68D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A68D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68D59

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68D59	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.076 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae89',
    500: '#a68d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68d59;
$custom-light: #c2ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.519,
    "s": 30.196,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65416,
    "c": 0.07604,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68D59

secondary

#9CA7BF

accent

#82C661

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68D59

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

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