#A86242#A86242

#A86242 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.102 H 44.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86242
RGB	rgb(168, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(19, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 25.22, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 39.34, 50.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.0723 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.102 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5011, 17.4557, 7.3901)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86242 #4288A8

analogous

#A84255 #A86242 #A89542

triadic

#A86242 #42A862 #6242A8

tetradic

#A86242 #55A842 #4288A8 #9542A8

square

#A86242 #55A842 #4288A8 #9542A8

split-complementary

#A86242 #42A895 #4255A8

monochromatic

#502F1F #7C4831 #A86242 #C28265 #D4A691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A86242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A86242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86242

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86242	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)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.102 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68f77',
    500: '#a86242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86242;
$custom-light: #c68f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.824,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56831,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86242

secondary

#87ADBF

accent

#ACD354

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86242

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

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