#A9642A#A9642A

#A9642A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.114 H 57.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9642A
RGB	rgb(169, 100, 42)
HSL	hsl(27, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(27, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 23.06, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 49.02, 61.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.0618 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.114 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3391, 17.7188, 4.4863)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9642A #2A6FA9

analogous

#A92A2F #A9642A #A9A42A

triadic

#A9642A #2AA964 #642AA9

tetradic

#A9642A #2FA92A #2A6FA9 #A42AA9

square

#A9642A #2FA92A #2A6FA9 #A42AA9

split-complementary

#A9642A #2AA9A4 #2A2FA9

monochromatic

#472A12 #78471E #A9642A #D08241 #DCA272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A9642A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#A9642A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9642A

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9642A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9642A	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9642a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 100, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.114 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89067',
    500: '#a9642a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9642a;
$custom-light: #c89067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9642a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.402,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57019,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9642A

secondary

#6C9BC3

accent

#9BE344

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9642A

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

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