#A96D42#A96D42

#A96D42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.096 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96D42
RGB	rgb(169, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(25, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 19.48, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 38.80, 59.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.0549 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.096 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8157, 19.7677, 7.7671)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96D42 #427EA9

analogous

#A9424A #A96D42 #A9A042

triadic

#A96D42 #42A96D #6D42A9

tetradic

#A96D42 #4AA942 #427EA9 #A042A9

square

#A96D42 #4AA942 #427EA9 #A042A9

split-complementary

#A96D42 #42A9A0 #424AA9

monochromatic

#513420 #7D5131 #A96D42 #C38C65 #D4AD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#A96D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#A96D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96D42

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96D42	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E733E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.096 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69777',
    500: '#a96d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96d42;
$custom-light: #c69777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.049,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58976,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96D42

secondary

#87A8C0

accent

#9ED454

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#130D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96D42

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

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