#A8781D#A8781D

#A8781D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.117 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8781D
RGB	rgb(168, 120, 29)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 10.83, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 54.17, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.0243 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.117 78)
XYZ	xyz(23.0884, 21.8484, 4.1633)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8781D #1D4DA8

analogous

#A8331D #A8781D #92A81D

triadic

#A8781D #1DA878 #781DA8

tetradic

#A8781D #1DA833 #1D4DA8 #A81D92

square

#A8781D #1DA833 #1D4DA8 #A81D92

split-complementary

#A8781D #1D92A8 #331DA8

monochromatic

#402D0B #745314 #A8781D #DA9D28 #E3B55C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A8781D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#A8781D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8781D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8781D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8781D	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)

#8A7A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8781d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 120, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.117 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79e62',
    500: '#a8781d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8781d;
$custom-light: #c79e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8781d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.281,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60626,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.21846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8781D

secondary

#5A7FC7

accent

#78ED3A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8781D

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

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