#A86236#A86236

#A86236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.108 H 51.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86236
RGB	rgb(168, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 24.39, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 43.99, 56.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.0678 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.108 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1837, 17.3287, 5.7185)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86236 #367CA8

analogous

#A83643 #A86236 #A89B36

triadic

#A86236 #36A862 #6236A8

tetradic

#A86236 #43A836 #367CA8 #9B36A8

square

#A86236 #43A836 #367CA8 #9B36A8

split-complementary

#A86236 #36A89B #3643A8

monochromatic

#4B2C18 #7A4727 #A86236 #C88053 #D7A382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A86236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#A86236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86236

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86236	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.108 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f6f',
    500: '#a86236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86236;
$custom-light: #c78f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.158,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56659,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86236

secondary

#7AA5C0

accent

#A4DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86236

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

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