#A8852D#A8852D

#A8852D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.112 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8852D
RGB	rgb(168, 133, 45)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 4.21, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 50.35, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.007 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.112 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0111, 25.2910, 6.0464)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8852D #2D50A8

analogous

#A8482D #A8852D #8EA82D

triadic

#A8852D #2DA885 #852DA8

tetradic

#A8852D #2DA848 #2D50A8 #A82D8E

square

#A8852D #2DA848 #2D50A8 #A82D8E

split-complementary

#A8852D #2D8EA8 #482DA8

monochromatic

#473913 #785F20 #A8852D #CDA645 #DABD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A8852D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#A8852D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8852D

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8852D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8852D	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8852d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 133, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.112 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a86c',
    500: '#a8852d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8852d;
$custom-light: #c6a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8852d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63398,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8852D

secondary

#6F87C2

accent

#73E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8852D

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

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