#A96042#A96042

#A96042 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.105 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96042
RGB	rgb(169, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 26.75, 29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 40.06, 48.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.0769 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.105 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5300, 17.1963, 7.3386)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96042 #428BA9

analogous

#A94257 #A96042 #A99342

triadic

#A96042 #42A960 #6042A9

tetradic

#A96042 #57A942 #428BA9 #9342A9

square

#A96042 #57A942 #428BA9 #9342A9

split-complementary

#A96042 #42A993 #4257A9

monochromatic

#512E20 #7D4731 #A96042 #C38165 #D4A591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#A96042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#A96042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96042

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96042	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.105 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78e77',
    500: '#a96042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96042;
$custom-light: #c78e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.476,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56611,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96042

secondary

#87AFC0

accent

#AED454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96042

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

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