#A86038#A86038

#A86038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.108 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86038
RGB	rgb(168, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 25.63, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 43.40, 53.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.0719 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.108 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0468, 16.9783, 5.9094)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86038 #3880A8

analogous

#A83848 #A86038 #A89838

triadic

#A86038 #38A860 #6038A8

tetradic

#A86038 #48A838 #3880A8 #9838A8

square

#A86038 #48A838 #3880A8 #9838A8

split-complementary

#A86038 #38A898 #3848A8

monochromatic

#4C2C19 #7A4629 #A86038 #C77F56 #D6A284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#A86038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#A86038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86038

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86038	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.108 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78e70',
    500: '#a86038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86038;
$custom-light: #c78e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56329,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86038

secondary

#7CA8C0

accent

#A8DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86038

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

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