#A86237#A86237

#A86237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.108 H 50.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86237
RGB	rgb(168, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 24.46, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 43.59, 55.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.0682 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.108 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2074, 17.3382, 5.8434)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86237 #377DA8

analogous

#A83744 #A86237 #A89A37

triadic

#A86237 #37A862 #6237A8

tetradic

#A86237 #44A837 #377DA8 #9A37A8

square

#A86237 #44A837 #377DA8 #9A37A8

split-complementary

#A86237 #37A89A #3744A8

monochromatic

#4C2C19 #7A4728 #A86237 #C78055 #D6A383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A86237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#A86237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86237

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86237	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)

#766A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.108 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f6f',
    500: '#a86237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86237;
$custom-light: #c78f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.832,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56672,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86237

secondary

#7BA6C0

accent

#A5DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86237

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

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