#A87E35#A87E35

#A87E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.104 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87E35
RGB	rgb(168, 126, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 8.56, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 45.57, 79.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0207 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.104 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2534, 23.5053, 6.6271)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87E35 #355FA8

analogous

#A84435 #A87E35 #98A835

triadic

#A87E35 #35A87E #7E35A8

tetradic

#A87E35 #35A844 #355FA8 #A83598

square

#A87E35 #35A844 #355FA8 #A83598

split-complementary

#A87E35 #3598A8 #4435A8

monochromatic

#4B3818 #795B26 #A87E35 #C89D52 #D7B780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A87E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A87E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87E35

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87E35	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 126, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.104 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a370',
    500: '#a87e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87e35;
$custom-light: #c6a370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.087,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62031,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87E35

secondary

#7893C0

accent

#81DB4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EC

border

#D2CDC7

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87E35

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

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