#A88E5B#A88E5B

#A88E5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.075 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88E5B
RGB	rgb(168, 142, 91)
HSL	hsl(40, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 45.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 2.78, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 30.87, 84.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0086 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.075 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7107, 28.4275, 13.9229)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88E5B #5B75A8

analogous

#A8675B #A88E5B #9BA85B

triadic

#A88E5B #5BA88E #8E5BA8

tetradic

#A88E5B #5BA867 #5B75A8 #A85B9B

square

#A88E5B #5BA867 #5B75A8 #A85B9B

split-complementary

#A88E5B #5B9BA8 #675BA8

monochromatic

#594B2F #816D45 #A88E5B #BDAA83 #D2C5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#A88E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#A88E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88E5B

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88E5B	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 142, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.075 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ae8a',
    500: '#a88e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88e5b;
$custom-light: #c3ae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.74,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6586,
    "c": 0.07536,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88E5B

secondary

#9EAAC0

accent

#83C761

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88E5B

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

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