#A8681B#A8681B

#A8681B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.119 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8681B
RGB	rgb(168, 104, 27)
HSL	hsl(33, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(33, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 19.79, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 54.04, 68.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.0502 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.119 65)
XYZ	xyz(21.2984, 18.3068, 3.4486)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8681B #1B5BA8

analogous

#A8211B #A8681B #A1A81B

triadic

#A8681B #1BA868 #681BA8

tetradic

#A8681B #1BA821 #1B5BA8 #A81BA1

square

#A8681B #1BA821 #1B5BA8 #A81BA1

split-complementary

#A8681B #1BA1A8 #211BA8

monochromatic

#3F270A #734713 #A8681B #DC8924 #E4A559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#A8681B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#A8681B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8681B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8681B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8681B	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8681b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 104, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.119 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8935f',
    500: '#a8681b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8681b;
$custom-light: #c8935f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8681b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.766,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57509,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.18305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8681B

secondary

#578AC8

accent

#8BEF39

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FAF1EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8681B

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

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