#A88020#A88020

#A88020 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.117 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88020
RGB	rgb(168, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 6.44, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 54.28, 83.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.0119 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.117 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1299, 23.8692, 4.7026)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88020 #2048A8

analogous

#A83C20 #A88020 #8CA820

triadic

#A88020 #20A880 #8020A8

tetradic

#A88020 #20A83C #2048A8 #A8208C

square

#A88020 #20A83C #2048A8 #A8208C

split-complementary

#A88020 #208CA8 #3C20A8

monochromatic

#41320C #755916 #A88020 #D7A52E #E1BB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A88020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#A88020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88020

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88020	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)

#91800B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.117 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a464',
    500: '#a88020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88020;
$custom-light: #c7a464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6227,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88020

secondary

#5E7DC6

accent

#70EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88020

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

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