#A8841C#A8841C

#A8841C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8841C
RGB	rgb(168, 132, 28)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 4.07, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 56.28, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0048 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.121 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6109, 24.9129, 4.6108)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8841C #1C40A8

analogous

#A83E1C #A8841C #86A81C

triadic

#A8841C #1CA884 #841CA8

tetradic

#A8841C #1CA83E #1C40A8 #A81C86

square

#A8841C #1CA83E #1C40A8 #A81C86

split-complementary

#A8841C #1C86A8 #3E1CA8

monochromatic

#3F320B #745B13 #A8841C #DBAC26 #E4C05B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A8841C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#A8841C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8841C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8841C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8841C	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)

#9E8D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8841c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 132, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a763',
    500: '#a8841c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8841c;
$custom-light: #c7a763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8841c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8841C

secondary

#5875C7

accent

#68EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8841C

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

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