#A9712A#A9712A

#A9712A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.110 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9712A
RGB	rgb(169, 113, 42)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(34, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 15.75, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 49.05, 71.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0402 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.11 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6869, 20.4145, 4.9356)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9712A #2A62A9

analogous

#A9312A #A9712A #A2A92A

triadic

#A9712A #2AA971 #712AA9

tetradic

#A9712A #2AA931 #2A62A9 #A92AA2

square

#A9712A #2AA931 #2A62A9 #A92AA2

split-complementary

#A9712A #2AA2A9 #312AA9

monochromatic

#472F12 #78501E #A9712A #D09141 #DCAD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A9712A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A9712A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9712A

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9712A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9712A	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9712a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 113, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.110 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79968',
    500: '#a9712a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9712a;
$custom-light: #c79968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9712a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.543,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5946,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9712A

secondary

#6C92C3

accent

#8BE344

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9712A

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

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