#A96A40#A96A40

#A96A40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.099 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96A40
RGB	rgb(169, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 21.02, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 39.76, 58.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.0592 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.099 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4432, 19.1153, 7.3571)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96A40 #407FA9

analogous

#A9404A #A96A40 #A99E40

triadic

#A96A40 #40A96A #6A40A9

tetradic

#A96A40 #4AA940 #407FA9 #9E40A9

square

#A96A40 #4AA940 #407FA9 #9E40A9

split-complementary

#A96A40 #40A99E #404AA9

monochromatic

#50321E #7D4E2F #A96A40 #C48962 #D5AB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A96A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#A96A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96A40

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96A40	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.099 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79576',
    500: '#a96a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96a40;
$custom-light: #c79576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58386,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96A40

secondary

#85A8C0

accent

#A1D553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96A40

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

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