#A88E50#A88E50

#A88E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.087 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88E50
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 52.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 1.70, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 36.45, 87.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0042 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.087 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2705, 28.2514, 11.6045)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88E50 #506AA8

analogous

#A86250 #A88E50 #96A850

triadic

#A88E50 #50A88E #8E50A8

tetradic

#A88E50 #50A862 #506AA8 #A85096

square

#A88E50 #50A862 #506AA8 #A85096

split-complementary

#A88E50 #5096A8 #6250A8

monochromatic

#554829 #7F6B3C #A88E50 #BEA977 #D2C3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#A88E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#A88E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88E50

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88E50	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.087 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ae82',
    500: '#a88e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88e50;
$custom-light: #c4ae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65685,
    "c": 0.0869,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88E50

secondary

#95A1BF

accent

#7DCC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88E50

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

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