#A8802E#A8802E

#A8802E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.109 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8802E
RGB	rgb(168, 128, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 7.05, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 48.94, 81.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0154 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.109 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3623, 23.9622, 5.9263)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8802E #2E56A8

analogous

#A8432E #A8802E #93A82E

triadic

#A8802E #2EA880 #802EA8

tetradic

#A8802E #2EA843 #2E56A8 #A82E93

square

#A8802E #2EA843 #2E56A8 #A82E93

split-complementary

#A8802E #2E93A8 #432EA8

monochromatic

#483714 #785B21 #A8802E #CDA147 #DAB977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A8802E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#A8802E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8802E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8802E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8802E	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8802e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 128, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.109 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a46c',
    500: '#a8802e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8802e;
$custom-light: #c6a46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8802e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.328,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62373,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8802E

secondary

#708BC2

accent

#7AE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8802E

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

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