#A84422#A84422

#A84422 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.140 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84422
RGB	rgb(168, 68, 34)
HSL	hsl(15, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.12, 39.29, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.12, 56.08, 45.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.59% 0.1097 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(51.59% 0.14 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5063, 12.5771, 2.9662)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84422 #2286A8

analogous

#A82243 #A84422 #A88722

triadic

#A84422 #22A844 #4422A8

tetradic

#A84422 #43A822 #2286A8 #8722A8

square

#A84422 #43A822 #2286A8 #8722A8

split-complementary

#A84422 #22A887 #2243A8

monochromatic

#421B0D #752F18 #A84422 #D55B32 #E08465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#A84422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A84422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84422

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84422	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 68, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.140 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97b5f',
    500: '#a84422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84422;
$custom-light: #c97b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.224,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51586,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84422

secondary

#61ACC5

accent

#BEE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEE9

border

#D3C9C5

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84422

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

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