#A8801B#A8801B

#A8801B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8801B
RGB	rgb(168, 128, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 6.27, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 55.89, 83.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.011 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.12 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0671, 23.8441, 4.3715)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8801B #1B43A8

analogous

#A83A1B #A8801B #89A81B

triadic

#A8801B #1BA880 #801BA8

tetradic

#A8801B #1BA83A #1B43A8 #A81B89

square

#A8801B #1BA83A #1B43A8 #A81B89

split-complementary

#A8801B #1B89A8 #3A1BA8

monochromatic

#3F300A #735813 #A8801B #DCA824 #E4BD59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A8801B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#A8801B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8801B

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8801B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8801B	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8801b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 128, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a462',
    500: '#a8801b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8801b;
$custom-light: #c7a462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8801b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62242,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8801B

secondary

#5777C8

accent

#6CEF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8801B

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

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