#A8642C#A8642C

#A8642C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.112 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8642C
RGB	rgb(168, 100, 44)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 22.72, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 47.86, 61.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.0612 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.112 57)
XYZ	xyz(21.1620, 17.6232, 4.6695)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8642C #2C70A8

analogous

#A82C32 #A8642C #A8A22C

triadic

#A8642C #2CA864 #642CA8

tetradic

#A8642C #32A82C #2C70A8 #A22CA8

square

#A8642C #32A82C #2C70A8 #A22CA8

split-complementary

#A8642C #2CA8A2 #2C32A8

monochromatic

#472A13 #78471F #A8642C #CE8243 #DBA274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#A8642C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#A8642C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8642C

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8642C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8642C	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8642c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 100, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.112 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79068',
    500: '#a8642c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8642c;
$custom-light: #c79068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8642c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56906,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.17621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8642C

secondary

#6E9CC2

accent

#9BE246

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8642C

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

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