#A9601C#A9601C

#A9601C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.122 H 58.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9601C
RGB	rgb(169, 96, 28)
HSL	hsl(29, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(29, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 24.73, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 54.36, 62.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.0648 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.122 58)
XYZ	xyz(20.7565, 16.8869, 3.2648)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9601C #1C65A9

analogous

#A91C1E #A9601C #A9A61C

triadic

#A9601C #1CA960 #601CA9

tetradic

#A9601C #1EA91C #1C65A9 #A61CA9

square

#A9601C #1EA91C #1C65A9 #A61CA9

split-complementary

#A9601C #1CA9A6 #1C1EA9

monochromatic

#40240B #744213 #A9601C #DB7E27 #E49D5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#A9601C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A9601C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9601C

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9601C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9601C	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766810

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87791C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9601c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 96, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.122 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98d5f',
    500: '#a9601c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9601c;
$custom-light: #c98d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9601c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.936,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56187,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.16885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9601C

secondary

#5992C8

accent

#97EE39

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0E9

border

#D3CBC5

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9601C

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

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