#A88022#A88022

#A88022 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88022
RGB	rgb(168, 128, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 6.51, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 53.58, 83.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.0124 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.116 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1579, 23.8804, 4.8501)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88022 #224AA8

analogous

#A83D22 #A88022 #8DA822

triadic

#A88022 #22A880 #8022A8

tetradic

#A88022 #22A83D #224AA8 #A8228D

square

#A88022 #22A83D #224AA8 #A8228D

split-complementary

#A88022 #228DA8 #3D22A8

monochromatic

#42320D #755918 #A88022 #D5A532 #E0BB65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A88022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A88022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88022

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88022	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#91800F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 128, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a465',
    500: '#a88022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88022;
$custom-light: #c6a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62282,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88022

secondary

#617FC5

accent

#71E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88022

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

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