#A8603D#A8603D

#A8603D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.106 H 45.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8603D
RGB	rgb(168, 96, 61)
HSL	hsl(20, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 25.97, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 41.48, 51.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.0738 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.106 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1753, 17.0297, 6.5859)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8603D #3D85A8

analogous

#A83D50 #A8603D #A8953D

triadic

#A8603D #3DA860 #603DA8

tetradic

#A8603D #50A83D #3D85A8 #953DA8

square

#A8603D #50A83D #3D85A8 #953DA8

split-complementary

#A8603D #3DA895 #3D50A8

monochromatic

#4E2D1C #7B462D #A8603D #C47F5E #D5A38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#A8603D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#A8603D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8603D

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8603D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8603D	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74693A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8603d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 96, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.106 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68e73',
    500: '#a8603d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8603d;
$custom-light: #c68e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8603d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.626,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56399,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8603D

secondary

#81ABBF

accent

#ABD651

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8603D

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

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