#A8831C#A8831C

#A8831C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.120 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8831C
RGB	rgb(168, 131, 28)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 4.63, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 56.10, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.0064 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.12 87)
XYZ	xyz(24.4759, 24.6430, 4.5658)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8831C #1C41A8

analogous

#A83D1C #A8831C #87A81C

triadic

#A8831C #1CA883 #831CA8

tetradic

#A8831C #1CA83D #1C41A8 #A81C87

square

#A8831C #1CA83D #1C41A8 #A81C87

split-complementary

#A8831C #1C87A8 #3D1CA8

monochromatic

#3F310B #745A13 #A8831C #DBAB26 #E4BF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A8831C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#A8831C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8831C

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8831C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8831C	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: #a8831c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 131, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.120 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a663',
    500: '#a8831c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8831c;
$custom-light: #c7a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8831c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62868,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.24641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8831C

secondary

#5876C7

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8831C

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

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