#A9701C#A9701C

#A9701C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.118 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9701C
RGB	rgb(169, 112, 28)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 15.76, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 54.15, 73.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.0384 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.118 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3677, 20.1093, 3.8019)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9701C #1C55A9

analogous

#A9291C #A9701C #9BA91C

triadic

#A9701C #1CA970 #701CA9

tetradic

#A9701C #1CA929 #1C55A9 #A91C9B

square

#A9701C #1CA929 #1C55A9 #A91C9B

split-complementary

#A9701C #1C9BA9 #291CA9

monochromatic

#402A0B #744D13 #A9701C #DB9227 #E4AD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A9701C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A9701C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9701C

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9701C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9701C	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91811F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9701c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 112, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.118 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89960',
    500: '#a9701c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9701c;
$custom-light: #c89960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9701c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59164,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9701C

secondary

#5986C8

accent

#83EE39

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FAF2EA

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9701C

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

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