#A96142#A96142

#A96142 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.104 H 43.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96142
RGB	rgb(169, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, 26.20, 30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 39.91, 48.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.0752 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.104 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6219, 17.3799, 7.3692)
Luminance	0.1738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96142 #428AA9

analogous

#A94256 #A96142 #A99442

triadic

#A96142 #42A961 #6142A9

tetradic

#A96142 #56A942 #428AA9 #9442A9

square

#A96142 #56A942 #428AA9 #9442A9

split-complementary

#A96142 #42A994 #4256A9

monochromatic

#512E20 #7D4831 #A96142 #C38165 #D4A591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#A96142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#A96142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96142

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96142	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.104 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f77',
    500: '#a96142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96142;
$custom-light: #c78f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.058,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56787,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96142

secondary

#87AFC0

accent

#ADD454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96142

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

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