#A8602E#A8602E

#A8602E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.113 H 52.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8602E
RGB	rgb(168, 96, 46)
HSL	hsl(25, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(25, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 25.05, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 47.33, 58.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.0685 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.113 52.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8262, 16.8901, 4.7476)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8602E #2E76A8

analogous

#A82E39 #A8602E #A89D2E

triadic

#A8602E #2EA860 #602EA8

tetradic

#A8602E #39A82E #2E76A8 #9D2EA8

square

#A8602E #39A82E #2E76A8 #9D2EA8

split-complementary

#A8602E #2EA89D #2E39A8

monochromatic

#482914 #784521 #A8602E #CD7E47 #DA9F77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#A8602E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A8602E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8602E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8602E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8602E	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8602e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 96, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.113 52.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78e69',
    500: '#a8602e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8602e;
$custom-light: #c78e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8602e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.59,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56207,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 52.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8602E

secondary

#70A0C2

accent

#A2E048

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8602E

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

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