#A8821C#A8821C

#A8821C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.120 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8821C
RGB	rgb(168, 130, 28)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 5.19, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 55.92, 84.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.008 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.12 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3423, 24.3757, 4.5213)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8821C #1C42A8

analogous

#A83C1C #A8821C #88A81C

triadic

#A8821C #1CA882 #821CA8

tetradic

#A8821C #1CA83C #1C42A8 #A81C88

square

#A8821C #1CA83C #1C42A8 #A81C88

split-complementary

#A8821C #1C88A8 #3C1CA8

monochromatic

#3F310B #745913 #A8821C #DBAA26 #E4BE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A8821C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A8821C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8821C

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8821C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8821C	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	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)

#9C8C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8821c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 130, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a663',
    500: '#a8821c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8821c;
$custom-light: #c7a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8821c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6266,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8821C

secondary

#5877C7

accent

#6BEE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8821C

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

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