#A8712A#A8712A

#A8712A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.110 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8712A
RGB	rgb(168, 113, 42)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(34, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 15.30, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 48.75, 71.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.0389 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.11 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4732, 20.3043, 4.9256)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8712A #2A61A8

analogous

#A8322A #A8712A #A0A82A

triadic

#A8712A #2AA871 #712AA8

tetradic

#A8712A #2AA832 #2A61A8 #A82AA0

square

#A8712A #2AA832 #2A61A8 #A82AA0

split-complementary

#A8712A #2AA0A8 #322AA8

monochromatic

#462F12 #77501E #A8712A #CF9140 #DBAD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A8712A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A8712A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8712A

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8712A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8712A	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90822C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8712a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 113, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.110 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79968',
    500: '#a8712a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8712a;
$custom-light: #c79968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8712a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.81,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59338,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8712A

secondary

#6B91C3

accent

#8AE345

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8712A

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

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