#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
RGBrgb(168, 130, 27)
HSLhsl(44, 72%, 38%)
HSVhsv(44, 84%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.6%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(56.46, 5.16, 55.99)
CIE-LCHlch(56.46, 56.22, 84.74°)
OKLaboklab(62.66% 0.0078 0.12)
OKLCHoklch(62.66% 0.12 86.3)
XYZxyz(24.3305, 24.3710, 4.4593)
Luminance0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##A8821B1.003.585.875.87
#FFFFFF3.581.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8721.001.001.00
##0000005.8721.001.001.00

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

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#A8821B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva