#A87231#A87231

#A87231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.105 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87231
RGB	rgb(168, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 15.10, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 45.91, 70.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.0393 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.105 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7218, 20.5832, 5.6814)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87231 #3167A8

analogous

#A83631 #A87231 #A3A831

triadic

#A87231 #31A872 #7231A8

tetradic

#A87231 #31A836 #3167A8 #A831A3

square

#A87231 #31A836 #3167A8 #A831A3

split-complementary

#A87231 #31A3A8 #3631A8

monochromatic

#493215 #795223 #A87231 #CB914C #D8AE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A87231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A87231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87231

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87231	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84762A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.105 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69a6c',
    500: '#a87231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87231;
$custom-light: #c69a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.773,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59599,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87231

secondary

#7497C1

accent

#8DDE4A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87231

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

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