#A86E23#A86E23

#A86E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.114 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86E23
RGB	rgb(168, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(34, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 16.69, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 51.32, 71.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.042 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.114 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0295, 19.6001, 4.2128)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86E23 #235DA8

analogous

#A82C23 #A86E23 #9FA823

triadic

#A86E23 #23A86E #6E23A8

tetradic

#A86E23 #23A82C #235DA8 #A8239F

square

#A86E23 #23A82C #235DA8 #A8239F

split-complementary

#A86E23 #239FA8 #2C23A8

monochromatic

#432C0E #754D18 #A86E23 #D58E34 #DFAA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#A86E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#A86E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A86E23

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A86E23	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.114 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79764',
    500: '#a86e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86e23;
$custom-light: #c79764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.835,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58701,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86E23

secondary

#628DC5

accent

#89E83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86E23

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

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