#A86238#A86238

#A86238 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.107 H 50.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86238
RGB	rgb(168, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 24.52, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 43.19, 55.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.0686 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.107 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2316, 17.3479, 5.9710)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86238 #387EA8

analogous

#A83846 #A86238 #A89A38

triadic

#A86238 #38A862 #6238A8

tetradic

#A86238 #46A838 #387EA8 #9A38A8

square

#A86238 #46A838 #387EA8 #9A38A8

split-complementary

#A86238 #38A89A #3846A8

monochromatic

#4C2C19 #7A4729 #A86238 #C78156 #D6A384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A86238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#A86238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86238

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86238	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)

#766A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.107 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f70',
    500: '#a86238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86238;
$custom-light: #c78f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56685,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86238

secondary

#7CA6C0

accent

#A5DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86238

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

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