#A09172#A09172

#A09172 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.047 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A09172
RGB	rgb(160, 145, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 19%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 29%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 28.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 0.61, 18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 18.53, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.004 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.047 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6601, 28.9401, 20.0453)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A09172 #7281A0

analogous

#A07A72 #A09172 #98A072

triadic

#A09172 #72A091 #9172A0

tetradic

#A09172 #72A07A #7281A0 #A07298

square

#A09172 #72A07A #7281A0 #A07298

split-complementary

#A09172 #7298A0 #7A72A0

monochromatic

#5B513D #7F7256 #A09172 #B9AE97 #D1CABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A09172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#A09172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A09172

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A09172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A09172	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a09172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 145, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.047 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb19a',
    500: '#a09172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a09172;
$custom-light: #bcb19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a09172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 19.492,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66174,
    "c": 0.04711,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A09172

secondary

#ADB3C1

accent

#86BC6C

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F5F2

border

#D0CFCC

text

#12100E

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A09172

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

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