#A8712E#A8712E

#A8712E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.107 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8712E
RGB	rgb(168, 113, 46)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 15.50, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 47.11, 70.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.0401 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.107 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5484, 20.3343, 5.3216)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8712E #2E65A8

analogous

#A8342E #A8712E #A2A82E

triadic

#A8712E #2EA871 #712EA8

tetradic

#A8712E #2EA834 #2E65A8 #A82EA2

square

#A8712E #2EA834 #2E65A8 #A82EA2

split-complementary

#A8712E #2EA2A8 #342EA8

monochromatic

#483014 #785121 #A8712E #CD9047 #DAAD77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#A8712E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#A8712E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8712E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8712E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8712E	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90822F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8712e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 113, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.107 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6996a',
    500: '#a8712e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8712e;
$custom-light: #c6996a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8712e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.951,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59375,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8712E

secondary

#7095C2

accent

#8CE048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8712E

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

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