#A8831F#A8831F

#A8831F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.119 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8831F
RGB	rgb(168, 131, 31)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(44, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 4.73, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 55.14, 85.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0069 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.119 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5137, 24.6581, 4.7644)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8831F #1F44A8

analogous

#A83F1F #A8831F #89A81F

triadic

#A8831F #1FA883 #831FA8

tetradic

#A8831F #1FA83F #1F44A8 #A81F89

square

#A8831F #1FA83F #1F44A8 #A81F89

split-complementary

#A8831F #1F89A8 #3F1FA8

monochromatic

#41320C #745B15 #A8831F #D8AA2C #E2BF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A8831F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#A8831F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8831F

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8831F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8831F	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)

#948207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8831f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 131, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.119 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a664',
    500: '#a8831f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8831f;
$custom-light: #c6a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8831f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.796,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62884,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8831F

secondary

#5D79C6

accent

#6CEC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8831F

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

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