#A96236#A96236

#A96236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.109 H 50.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96236
RGB	rgb(169, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 24.82, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 44.38, 56.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.0691 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.109 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3974, 17.4389, 5.7285)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96236 #367DA9

analogous

#A93643 #A96236 #A99B36

triadic

#A96236 #36A962 #6236A9

tetradic

#A96236 #43A936 #367DA9 #9B36A9

square

#A96236 #43A936 #367DA9 #9B36A9

split-complementary

#A96236 #36A99B #3643A9

monochromatic

#4C2C18 #7B4727 #A96236 #C88054 #D7A382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A96236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A96236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96236

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96236	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)

#766A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.109 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f6f',
    500: '#a96236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96236;
$custom-light: #c78f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.957,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56793,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96236

secondary

#7AA6C1

accent

#A5DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96236

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

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