#A9501C#A9501C

#A9501C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.133 H 46.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9501C
RGB	rgb(169, 80, 28)
HSL	hsl(22, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(22, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 33.39, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 56.25, 53.58°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.0907 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.133 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4424, 14.2587, 2.8268)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9501C #1C75A9

analogous

#A91C2E #A9501C #A9961C

triadic

#A9501C #1CA950 #501CA9

tetradic

#A9501C #2EA91C #1C75A9 #961CA9

square

#A9501C #2EA91C #1C75A9 #961CA9

split-complementary

#A9501C #1CA996 #1C2EA9

monochromatic

#401E0B #743713 #A9501C #DB6927 #E48E5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#A9501C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A9501C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9501C

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9501C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9501C	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9501c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 80, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.133 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca835d',
    500: '#a9501c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9501c;
$custom-light: #ca835d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9501c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.128,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53491,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9501C

secondary

#599FC8

accent

#ACEE39

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9501C

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

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