#A8821B#A8821B

#A8821B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.120 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8821B
RGB	rgb(168, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 5.16, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 56.22, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0078 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.12 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3305, 24.3710, 4.4593)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8821B #1B41A8

analogous

#A83B1B #A8821B #87A81B

triadic

#A8821B #1BA882 #821BA8

tetradic

#A8821B #1BA83B #1B41A8 #A81B87

square

#A8821B #1BA83B #1B41A8 #A81B87

split-complementary

#A8821B #1B87A8 #3B1BA8

monochromatic

#3F300A #735913 #A8821B #DCAA24 #E4BF59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A8821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A8821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8821B

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8821B	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a662',
    500: '#a8821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8821b;
$custom-light: #c7a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.83,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62655,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8821B

secondary

#5775C8

accent

#6AEF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8821B

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

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