#A8822B#A8822B

#A8822B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.112 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8822B
RGB	rgb(168, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 5.78, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 50.54, 83.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0113 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.112 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5686, 24.4662, 5.7135)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8822B #2B51A8

analogous

#A8442B #A8822B #90A82B

triadic

#A8822B #2BA882 #822BA8

tetradic

#A8822B #2BA844 #2B51A8 #A82B90

square

#A8822B #2BA844 #2B51A8 #A82B90

split-complementary

#A8822B #2B90A8 #442BA8

monochromatic

#473712 #775C1F #A8822B #CFA442 #DBBB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A8822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#A8822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8822B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8822B	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)

#93821E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.112 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a66a',
    500: '#a8822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8822b;
$custom-light: #c6a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.76,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8822B

secondary

#6C87C2

accent

#75E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8822B

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

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