#A87F42#A87F42

#A87F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.093 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87F42
RGB	rgb(168, 127, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 8.88, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 39.76, 77.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.0235 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.094 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7226, 23.8986, 8.4640)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87F42 #426BA8

analogous

#A84C42 #A87F42 #9EA842

triadic

#A87F42 #42A87F #7F42A8

tetradic

#A87F42 #42A84C #426BA8 #A8429E

square

#A87F42 #42A84C #426BA8 #A8429E

split-complementary

#A87F42 #429EA8 #4C42A8

monochromatic

#503D1F #7C5E31 #A87F42 #C29D65 #D4B991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A87F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A87F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87F42

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87F42	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 127, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.093 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a478',
    500: '#a87f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87f42;
$custom-light: #c5a478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.882,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62386,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87F42

secondary

#879DBF

accent

#87D354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F3ED

border

#D1CDC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87F42

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

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