#A8842E#A8842E

#A8842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.111 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8842E
RGB	rgb(168, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 4.82, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 49.73, 84.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0089 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.111 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8943, 25.0263, 6.1036)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8842E #2E52A8

analogous

#A8472E #A8842E #8FA82E

triadic

#A8842E #2EA884 #842EA8

tetradic

#A8842E #2EA847 #2E52A8 #A82E8F

square

#A8842E #2EA847 #2E52A8 #A82E8F

split-complementary

#A8842E #2E8FA8 #472EA8

monochromatic

#483914 #785E21 #A8842E #CDA547 #DABC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A8842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#A8842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8842E

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8842E	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)

#948422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.111 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a76c',
    500: '#a8842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8842e;
$custom-light: #c6a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63198,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8842E

secondary

#7088C2

accent

#75E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8842E

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

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