#A8842D#A8842D

#A8842D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.111 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8842D
RGB	rgb(168, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 4.77, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 50.14, 84.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0086 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.111 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8749, 25.0185, 6.0010)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8842D #2D51A8

analogous

#A8472D #A8842D #8FA82D

triadic

#A8842D #2DA884 #842DA8

tetradic

#A8842D #2DA847 #2D51A8 #A82D8F

square

#A8842D #2DA847 #2D51A8 #A82D8F

split-complementary

#A8842D #2D8FA8 #472DA8

monochromatic

#473813 #785E20 #A8842D #CDA545 #DABD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A8842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#A8842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8842D

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8842D	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.111 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a76b',
    500: '#a8842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8842d;
$custom-light: #c6a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6319,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8842D

secondary

#6F87C2

accent

#74E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8842D

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

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