#A8822A#A8822A

#A8822A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.112 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8822A
RGB	rgb(168, 130, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 5.74, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 50.94, 83.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0111 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.112 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5505, 24.4590, 5.6180)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8822A #2A50A8

analogous

#A8432A #A8822A #8FA82A

triadic

#A8822A #2AA882 #822AA8

tetradic

#A8822A #2AA843 #2A50A8 #A82A8F

square

#A8822A #2AA843 #2A50A8 #A82A8F

split-complementary

#A8822A #2A8FA8 #432AA8

monochromatic

#463612 #775C1E #A8822A #CFA440 #DBBB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A8822A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#A8822A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8822A

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8822A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8822A	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93821D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8822a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 130, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.112 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a66a',
    500: '#a8822a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8822a;
$custom-light: #c6a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8822a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62751,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8822A

secondary

#6B86C3

accent

#74E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8822A

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

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