#A9701F#A9701F

#A9701F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.116 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9701F
RGB	rgb(169, 112, 31)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(35, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 15.86, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 53.14, 72.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0391 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.116 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4054, 20.1244, 4.0005)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9701F #1F58A9

analogous

#A92B1F #A9701F #9DA91F

triadic

#A9701F #1FA970 #701FA9

tetradic

#A9701F #1FA92B #1F58A9 #A91F9D

square

#A9701F #1FA92B #1F58A9 #A91F9D

split-complementary

#A9701F #1F9DA9 #2B1FA9

monochromatic

#422B0C #754E16 #A9701F #D8922D #E2AC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A9701F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#A9701F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9701F

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9701F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9701F	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)

#837410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9701f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 112, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.116 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89962',
    500: '#a9701f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9701f;
$custom-light: #c89962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9701f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.217,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59183,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9701F

secondary

#5D89C7

accent

#85EC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9701F

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

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