#A86142#A86142

#A86142 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.103 H 43.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86142
RGB	rgb(168, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 25.78, 29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 39.48, 49.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.074 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.103 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4081, 17.2697, 7.3591)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86142 #4289A8

analogous

#A84256 #A86142 #A89442

triadic

#A86142 #42A861 #6142A8

tetradic

#A86142 #56A842 #4289A8 #9442A8

square

#A86142 #56A842 #4289A8 #9442A8

split-complementary

#A86142 #42A894 #4256A8

monochromatic

#502E1F #7C4831 #A86142 #C28165 #D4A591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#A86142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#A86142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86142

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86142	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.103 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68e77',
    500: '#a86142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86142;
$custom-light: #c68e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.235,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56653,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86142

secondary

#87AEBF

accent

#ADD354

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86142

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

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