#A8872E#A8872E

#A8872E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.112 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8872E
RGB	rgb(168, 135, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 3.15, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 50.39, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0041 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.112 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3070, 25.8517, 6.2412)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8872E #2E4FA8

analogous

#A84A2E #A8872E #8CA82E

triadic

#A8872E #2EA887 #872EA8

tetradic

#A8872E #2EA84A #2E4FA8 #A82E8C

square

#A8872E #2EA84A #2E4FA8 #A82E8C

split-complementary

#A8872E #2E8CA8 #4A2EA8

monochromatic

#483A14 #786021 #A8872E #CDA847 #DABF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A8872E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A8872E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8872E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8872E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8872E	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)

#978621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8872e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 135, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.112 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a96c',
    500: '#a8872e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8872e;
$custom-light: #c6a96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8872e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.77,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8872E

secondary

#7086C2

accent

#71E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8872E

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

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