#A9642C#A9642C

#A9642C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.113 H 56.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9642C
RGB	rgb(169, 100, 44)
HSL	hsl(27, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 23.15, 42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 48.23, 61.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.0624 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.113 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3758, 17.7334, 4.6796)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9642C #2C71A9

analogous

#A92C33 #A9642C #A9A32C

triadic

#A9642C #2CA964 #642CA9

tetradic

#A9642C #33A92C #2C71A9 #A32CA9

square

#A9642C #33A92C #2C71A9 #A32CA9

split-complementary

#A9642C #2CA9A3 #2C33A9

monochromatic

#482B13 #78471F #A9642C #CE8244 #DBA274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#A9642C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A9642C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9642C

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9642C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9642C	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B95558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9642c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 100, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.113 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89068',
    500: '#a9642c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9642c;
$custom-light: #c89068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9642c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.88,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57039,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9642C

secondary

#6E9DC3

accent

#9CE246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9642C

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

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