#A8822E#A8822E

#A8822E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.110 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8822E
RGB	rgb(168, 130, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 5.93, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 49.32, 83.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0121 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.11 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6257, 24.4891, 6.0141)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8822E #2E54A8

analogous

#A8452E #A8822E #91A82E

triadic

#A8822E #2EA882 #822EA8

tetradic

#A8822E #2EA845 #2E54A8 #A82E91

square

#A8822E #2EA845 #2E54A8 #A82E91

split-complementary

#A8822E #2E91A8 #452EA8

monochromatic

#483814 #785D21 #A8822E #CDA347 #DABB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A8822E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#A8822E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8822E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8822E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8822E	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8822e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 130, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.110 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a66c',
    500: '#a8822e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8822e;
$custom-light: #c6a66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8822e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.311,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62784,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8822E

secondary

#708AC2

accent

#77E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8822E

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

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