#A8841B#A8841B

#A8841B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8841B
RGB	rgb(168, 132, 27)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 4.04, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 56.59, 85.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0046 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.121 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5991, 24.9082, 4.5488)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8841B #1B3FA8

analogous

#A83D1B #A8841B #85A81B

triadic

#A8841B #1BA884 #841BA8

tetradic

#A8841B #1BA83D #1B3FA8 #A81B85

square

#A8841B #1BA83D #1B3FA8 #A81B85

split-complementary

#A8841B #1B85A8 #3D1BA8

monochromatic

#3F310A #735B13 #A8841B #DCAD24 #E4C159

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A8841B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#A8841B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8841B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8841B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8841B	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8841b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 132, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a762',
    500: '#a8841b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8841b;
$custom-light: #c7a762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8841b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63071,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8841B

secondary

#5774C8

accent

#67EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8841B

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

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