#A8801C#A8801C

#A8801C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.119 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8801C
RGB	rgb(168, 128, 28)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 6.31, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 55.58, 83.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0112 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.119 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0788, 23.8488, 4.4335)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8801C #1C44A8

analogous

#A83A1C #A8801C #8AA81C

triadic

#A8801C #1CA880 #801CA8

tetradic

#A8801C #1CA83A #1C44A8 #A81C8A

square

#A8801C #1CA83A #1C44A8 #A81C8A

split-complementary

#A8801C #1C8AA8 #3A1CA8

monochromatic

#3F300B #745813 #A8801C #DBA726 #E4BD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A8801C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#A8801C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8801C

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8801C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8801C	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)

#918001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8801c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 128, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.119 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a462',
    500: '#a8801c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8801c;
$custom-light: #c7a462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8801c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62247,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8801C

secondary

#5878C7

accent

#6DEE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8801C

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

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