#A8872D#A8872D

#A8872D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.113 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8872D
RGB	rgb(168, 135, 45)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 3.10, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 50.80, 86.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0038 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.113 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2875, 25.8439, 6.1386)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8872D #2D4EA8

analogous

#A8492D #A8872D #8CA82D

triadic

#A8872D #2DA887 #872DA8

tetradic

#A8872D #2DA849 #2D4EA8 #A82D8C

square

#A8872D #2DA849 #2D4EA8 #A82D8C

split-complementary

#A8872D #2D8CA8 #492DA8

monochromatic

#473913 #786020 #A8872D #CDA945 #DABF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A8872D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A8872D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8872D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8872D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8872D	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8872d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 135, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.113 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a96c',
    500: '#a8872d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8872d;
$custom-light: #c6a96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8872d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63815,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8872D

secondary

#6F85C2

accent

#70E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8872D

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

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