#A8781B#A8781B

#A8781B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.118 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8781B
RGB	rgb(168, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 10.77, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 54.82, 78.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.0239 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.118 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0644, 21.8388, 4.0373)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8781B #1B4BA8

analogous

#A8311B #A8781B #92A81B

triadic

#A8781B #1BA878 #781BA8

tetradic

#A8781B #1BA831 #1B4BA8 #A81B92

square

#A8781B #1BA831 #1B4BA8 #A81B92

split-complementary

#A8781B #1B92A8 #311BA8

monochromatic

#3F2D0A #735213 #A8781B #DC9D24 #E4B559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A8781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#A8781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8781B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8781B	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96861F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.118 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79e61',
    500: '#a8781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8781b;
$custom-light: #c79e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60615,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8781B

secondary

#577DC8

accent

#77EF39

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8781B

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

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