#A86231#A86231

#A86231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.111 H 53.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86231
RGB	rgb(168, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(25, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 24.10, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 45.99, 58.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.0661 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.111 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0722, 17.2841, 5.1316)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86231 #3177A8

analogous

#A8313B #A86231 #A89E31

triadic

#A86231 #31A862 #6231A8

tetradic

#A86231 #3BA831 #3177A8 #9E31A8

square

#A86231 #3BA831 #3177A8 #9E31A8

split-complementary

#A86231 #31A89E #313BA8

monochromatic

#492B15 #794623 #A86231 #CB804C #D8A17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#A86231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A86231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86231

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86231	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.111 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f6b',
    500: '#a86231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86231;
$custom-light: #c78f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56598,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86231

secondary

#74A1C1

accent

#A1DE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86231

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →