#A8831D#A8831D

#A8831D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.120 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8831D
RGB	rgb(168, 131, 29)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(44, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, 4.66, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 55.79, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.0065 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.12 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4881, 24.6479, 4.6299)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8831D #1D42A8

analogous

#A83D1D #A8831D #87A81D

triadic

#A8831D #1DA883 #831DA8

tetradic

#A8831D #1DA83D #1D42A8 #A81D87

square

#A8831D #1DA83D #1D42A8 #A81D87

split-complementary

#A8831D #1D87A8 #3D1DA8

monochromatic

#40320B #745A14 #A8831D #DAAB28 #E3BF5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A8831D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#A8831D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8831D

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8831D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8831D	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)

#948202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8831d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 131, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.120 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a663',
    500: '#a8831d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8831d;
$custom-light: #c7a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8831d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.029,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62873,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8831D

secondary

#5A77C7

accent

#6AED3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8831D

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

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