Dark Sand#A88F59

#A88F59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.078 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Dark Sand — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#A88F59
RGB	rgb(168, 143, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 2.02, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 32.19, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0061 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.078 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7750, 28.6923, 13.5244)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88F59 #5972A8

analogous

#A86859 #A88F59 #99A859

triadic

#A88F59 #59A88F #8F59A8

tetradic

#A88F59 #59A868 #5972A8 #A85999

square

#A88F59 #59A868 #5972A8 #A85999

split-complementary

#A88F59 #5999A8 #6859A8

monochromatic

#584B2E #806D43 #A88F59 #BDAA81 #D2C5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A88F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#A88F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88F59

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88F59	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 143, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.078 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3af89',
    500: '#a88f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88f59;
$custom-light: #c3af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.013,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66036,
    "c": 0.07812,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88F59

secondary

#9DA8C0

accent

#81C760

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88F59

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

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