#A86240#A86240

#A86240 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.103 H 45.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86240
RGB	rgb(168, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 25.07, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 40.09, 51.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.0716 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.103 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4431, 17.4325, 7.0850)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86240 #4086A8

analogous

#A84052 #A86240 #A89640

triadic

#A86240 #40A862 #6240A8

tetradic

#A86240 #52A840 #4086A8 #9640A8

square

#A86240 #52A840 #4086A8 #9640A8

split-complementary

#A86240 #40A896 #4052A8

monochromatic

#4F2E1E #7C482F #A86240 #C38262 #D4A58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A86240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A86240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86240

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86240	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.103 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68f75',
    500: '#a86240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86240;
$custom-light: #c68f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.615,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56799,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86240

secondary

#85ACBF

accent

#AAD553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86240

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

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