#A8791B#A8791B

#A8791B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.118 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8791B
RGB	rgb(168, 121, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 10.20, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 54.93, 79.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% 0.0223 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.118 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1853, 22.0806, 4.0776)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8791B #1B4AA8

analogous

#A8321B #A8791B #90A81B

triadic

#A8791B #1BA879 #791BA8

tetradic

#A8791B #1BA832 #1B4AA8 #A81B90

square

#A8791B #1BA832 #1B4AA8 #A81B90

split-complementary

#A8791B #1B90A8 #321BA8

monochromatic

#3F2D0A #735313 #A8791B #DC9F24 #E4B659

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#A8791B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#A8791B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8791B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8791B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8791B	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8791b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 121, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.118 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79f61',
    500: '#a8791b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8791b;
$custom-light: #c79f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8791b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60816,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8791B

secondary

#577DC8

accent

#76EF39

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8791B

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

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