#A96221#A96221

#A96221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.119 H 58.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96221
RGB	rgb(169, 98, 33)
HSL	hsl(29, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(29, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 23.79, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 52.51, 63.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.0627 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.119 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0062, 17.2825, 3.6682)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96221 #2168A9

analogous

#A92124 #A96221 #A9A621

triadic

#A96221 #21A962 #6221A9

tetradic

#A96221 #24A921 #2168A9 #A621A9

square

#A96221 #24A921 #2168A9 #A621A9

split-complementary

#A96221 #21A9A6 #2124A9

monochromatic

#43270D #764417 #A96221 #D78031 #E19F64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#A96221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A96221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96221

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96221	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 98, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.119 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98f61',
    500: '#a96221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96221;
$custom-light: #c98f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.676,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56581,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96221

secondary

#6095C6

accent

#98EA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96221

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

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