#A86138#A86138

#A86138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.108 H 49.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86138
RGB	rgb(168, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 25.08, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 43.29, 54.60°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.0702 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.108 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1386, 17.1619, 5.9400)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86138 #387FA8

analogous

#A83847 #A86138 #A89938

triadic

#A86138 #38A861 #6138A8

tetradic

#A86138 #47A838 #387FA8 #9938A8

square

#A86138 #47A838 #387FA8 #9938A8

split-complementary

#A86138 #38A899 #3847A8

monochromatic

#4C2C19 #7A4629 #A86138 #C78056 #D6A284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#A86138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A86138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86138

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86138	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.108 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78e70',
    500: '#a86138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86138;
$custom-light: #c78e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.964,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56506,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86138

secondary

#7CA7C0

accent

#A7DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86138

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

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