#A96021#A96021

#A96021 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.120 H 56.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96021
RGB	rgb(169, 96, 33)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(28, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 24.90, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 52.64, 61.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.066 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.12 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8214, 16.9129, 3.6066)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96021 #216AA9

analogous

#A92126 #A96021 #A9A421

triadic

#A96021 #21A960 #6021A9

tetradic

#A96021 #26A921 #216AA9 #A421A9

square

#A96021 #26A921 #216AA9 #A421A9

split-complementary

#A96021 #21A9A4 #2126A9

monochromatic

#43260D #764317 #A96021 #D77D31 #E19E64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#A96021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A96021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96021

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96021	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 96, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.120 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98e61',
    500: '#a96021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96021;
$custom-light: #c98e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.794,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56223,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96021

secondary

#6097C6

accent

#9AEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96021

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

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