#A8781F#A8781F

#A8781F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.116 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8781F
RGB	rgb(168, 120, 31)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 10.90, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 53.50, 78.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% 0.0247 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.116 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1139, 21.8586, 4.2979)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8781F #1F4FA8

analogous

#A8341F #A8781F #94A81F

triadic

#A8781F #1FA878 #781FA8

tetradic

#A8781F #1FA834 #1F4FA8 #A81F94

square

#A8781F #1FA834 #1F4FA8 #A81F94

split-complementary

#A8781F #1F94A8 #341FA8

monochromatic

#412E0C #745315 #A8781F #D89C2C #E2B460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A8781F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#A8781F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8781F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8781F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8781F	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)

#8A7A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8781f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 120, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.116 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79e63',
    500: '#a8781f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8781f;
$custom-light: #c79e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8781f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.978,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60638,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8781F

secondary

#5D82C6

accent

#7AEC3C

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8781F

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

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