#A87E1B#A87E1B

#A87E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.119 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87E1B
RGB	rgb(168, 126, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 7.39, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 55.58, 82.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.0142 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.119 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8088, 23.3275, 4.2854)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87E1B #1B45A8

analogous

#A8381B #A87E1B #8BA81B

triadic

#A87E1B #1BA87E #7E1BA8

tetradic

#A87E1B #1BA838 #1B45A8 #A81B8B

square

#A87E1B #1BA838 #1B45A8 #A81B8B

split-complementary

#A87E1B #1B8BA8 #381BA8

monochromatic

#3F2F0A #735613 #A87E1B #DCA524 #E4BB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#A87E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#A87E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87E1B

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87E1B	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 126, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.119 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a362',
    500: '#a87e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87e1b;
$custom-light: #c7a362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61831,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87E1B

secondary

#5779C8

accent

#6FEF39

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140F05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87E1B

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