#A87B21#A87B21

#A87B21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.115 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87B21
RGB	rgb(168, 123, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 9.28, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 53.17, 79.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0202 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.115 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5076, 22.6024, 4.5632)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87B21 #214EA8

analogous

#A83821 #A87B21 #92A821

triadic

#A87B21 #21A87B #7B21A8

tetradic

#A87B21 #21A838 #214EA8 #A82192

square

#A87B21 #21A838 #214EA8 #A82192

split-complementary

#A87B21 #2192A8 #3821A8

monochromatic

#42300D #755617 #A87B21 #D69F30 #E0B763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#A87B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#A87B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87B21

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87B21	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 123, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.115 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a064',
    500: '#a87b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87b21;
$custom-light: #c7a064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61255,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87B21

secondary

#5F81C5

accent

#77EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87B21

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

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