#A8832B#A8832B

#A8832B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.112 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8832B
RGB	rgb(168, 131, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, 5.23, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 50.74, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0097 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.112 85)
XYZ	xyz(24.7023, 24.7336, 5.7580)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8832B #2B50A8

analogous

#A8452B #A8832B #8FA82B

triadic

#A8832B #2BA883 #832BA8

tetradic

#A8832B #2BA845 #2B50A8 #A82B8F

square

#A8832B #2BA845 #2B50A8 #A82B8F

split-complementary

#A8832B #2B8FA8 #452BA8

monochromatic

#473712 #775D1F #A8832B #CFA542 #DBBC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#A8832B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#A8832B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8832B

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8832B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8832B	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93831E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8832b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 131, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.112 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a66a',
    500: '#a8832b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8832b;
$custom-light: #c6a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8832b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62966,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.24732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8832B

secondary

#6C86C2

accent

#74E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8832B

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

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