#A87221#A87221

#A87221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.114 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87221
RGB	rgb(168, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 14.36, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 52.26, 74.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.035 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.114 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4420, 20.4713, 4.2080)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87221 #2157A8

analogous

#A82F21 #A87221 #9BA821

triadic

#A87221 #21A872 #7221A8

tetradic

#A87221 #21A82F #2157A8 #A8219B

square

#A87221 #21A82F #2157A8 #A8219B

split-complementary

#A87221 #219BA8 #2F21A8

monochromatic

#422D0D #754F17 #A87221 #D69430 #E0AE63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#A87221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#A87221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87221

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87221	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.114 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79a63',
    500: '#a87221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87221;
$custom-light: #c79a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59463,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87221

secondary

#5F88C5

accent

#83EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87221

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

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