#A96A42#A96A42

#A96A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.098 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96A42
RGB	rgb(169, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 21.17, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 38.94, 57.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.06 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.098 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5011, 19.1385, 7.6623)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96A42 #4281A9

analogous

#A9424D #A96A42 #A99D42

triadic

#A96A42 #42A96A #6A42A9

tetradic

#A96A42 #4DA942 #4281A9 #9D42A9

square

#A96A42 #4DA942 #4281A9 #9D42A9

split-complementary

#A96A42 #42A99D #424DA9

monochromatic

#513320 #7D4E31 #A96A42 #C38A65 #D4AB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A96A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#A96A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96A42

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96A42	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.098 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69577',
    500: '#a96a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96a42;
$custom-light: #c69577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.301,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58416,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96A42

secondary

#87AAC0

accent

#A2D454

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96A42

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

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