#A96235#A96235

#A96235 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.110 H 51.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96235
RGB	rgb(169, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 68.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 24.76, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 44.78, 56.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.0687 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.11 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3742, 17.4296, 5.6061)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96235 #357CA9

analogous

#A93542 #A96235 #A99C35

triadic

#A96235 #35A962 #6235A9

tetradic

#A96235 #42A935 #357CA9 #9C35A9

square

#A96235 #42A935 #357CA9 #9C35A9

split-complementary

#A96235 #35A99C #3542A9

monochromatic

#4C2C18 #7A4726 #A96235 #C98052 #D7A381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A96235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A96235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96235

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96235	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.110 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f6e',
    500: '#a96235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96235;
$custom-light: #c78f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.276,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5678,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96235

secondary

#79A5C1

accent

#A4DC4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96235

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

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