#A8831B#A8831B

#A8831B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.121 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8831B
RGB	rgb(168, 131, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 4.60, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 56.40, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.0062 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.121 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4642, 24.6383, 4.5039)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8831B #1B40A8

analogous

#A83C1B #A8831B #86A81B

triadic

#A8831B #1BA883 #831BA8

tetradic

#A8831B #1BA83C #1B40A8 #A81B86

square

#A8831B #1BA83C #1B40A8 #A81B86

split-complementary

#A8831B #1B86A8 #3C1BA8

monochromatic

#3F310A #735A13 #A8831B #DCAC24 #E4C059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A8831B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#A8831B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8831B

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8831B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8831B	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8831b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 131, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.121 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a662',
    500: '#a8831b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8831b;
$custom-light: #c7a662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8831b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62863,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8831B

secondary

#5775C8

accent

#69EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8831B

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

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