#A96E35#A96E35

#A96E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.104 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96E35
RGB	rgb(169, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(29, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 68.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 18.03, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 44.35, 66.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.0485 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.104 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5824, 19.8460, 6.0088)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96E35 #3570A9

analogous

#A93536 #A96E35 #A9A835

triadic

#A96E35 #35A96E #6E35A9

tetradic

#A96E35 #36A935 #3570A9 #A835A9

square

#A96E35 #36A935 #3570A9 #A835A9

split-complementary

#A96E35 #35A9A8 #3536A9

monochromatic

#4C3118 #7A5026 #A96E35 #C98D52 #D7AB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#A96E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#A96E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96E35

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96E35	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80732F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.104 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7976f',
    500: '#a96e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96e35;
$custom-light: #c7976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.483,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58995,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96E35

secondary

#799EC1

accent

#95DC4C

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96E35

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

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