#A9601E#A9601E

#A9601E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.121 H 57.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9601E
RGB	rgb(169, 96, 30)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(28, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 24.80, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 53.69, 62.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.0653 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.121 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7813, 16.8968, 3.3951)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9601E #1E67A9

analogous

#A91E22 #A9601E #A9A61E

triadic

#A9601E #1EA960 #601EA9

tetradic

#A9601E #22A91E #1E67A9 #A61EA9

square

#A9601E #22A91E #1E67A9 #A61EA9

split-complementary

#A9601E #1EA9A6 #1E22A9

monochromatic

#41250C #754215 #A9601E #D97E2B #E39D5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#A9601E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A9601E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9601E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9601E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9601E	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)

#766813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87791E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9601e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 96, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.121 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98d60',
    500: '#a9601e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9601e;
$custom-light: #c98d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9601e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.489,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56201,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9601E

secondary

#5C94C7

accent

#98ED3B

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9601E

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

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