#A96040#A96040

#A96040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.106 H 43.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96040
RGB	rgb(169, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 26.60, 30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 40.79, 49.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.0761 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.106 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4721, 17.1731, 7.0334)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96040 #4089A9

analogous

#A94054 #A96040 #A99440

triadic

#A96040 #40A960 #6040A9

tetradic

#A96040 #54A940 #4089A9 #9440A9

square

#A96040 #54A940 #4089A9 #9440A9

split-complementary

#A96040 #40A994 #4054A9

monochromatic

#502E1E #7D472F #A96040 #C48062 #D5A48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#A96040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#A96040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96040

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96040	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.106 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78e75',
    500: '#a96040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96040;
$custom-light: #c78e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5658,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96040

secondary

#85AEC0

accent

#ADD553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96040

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

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