#A9701E#A9701E

#A9701E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.117 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9701E
RGB	rgb(169, 112, 30)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(35, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 15.83, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 53.48, 72.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0389 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.117 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3925, 20.1192, 3.9321)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9701E #1E57A9

analogous

#A92B1E #A9701E #9DA91E

triadic

#A9701E #1EA970 #701EA9

tetradic

#A9701E #1EA92B #1E57A9 #A91E9D

square

#A9701E #1EA92B #1E57A9 #A91E9D

split-complementary

#A9701E #1E9DA9 #2B1EA9

monochromatic

#412B0C #754E15 #A9701E #D9922B #E3AD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A9701E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A9701E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9701E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9701E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9701E	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)

#83740E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9701e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 112, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.117 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89961',
    500: '#a9701e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9701e;
$custom-light: #c89961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9701e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.396,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59177,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9701E

secondary

#5C88C7

accent

#84ED3B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9701E

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

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