#A9721C#A9721C

#A9721C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.117 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9721C
RGB	rgb(169, 114, 28)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 14.64, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 54.25, 74.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0352 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.117 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5909, 20.5555, 3.8762)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9721C #1C53A9

analogous

#A92B1C #A9721C #99A91C

triadic

#A9721C #1CA972 #721CA9

tetradic

#A9721C #1CA92B #1C53A9 #A91C99

square

#A9721C #1CA92B #1C53A9 #A91C99

split-complementary

#A9721C #1C99A9 #2B1CA9

monochromatic

#402B0B #744F13 #A9721C #DB9527 #E4AF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A9721C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#A9721C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9721C

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9721C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9721C	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92821F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9721c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 114, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.117 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89a61',
    500: '#a9721c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9721c;
$custom-light: #c89a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9721c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.596,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59553,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9721C

secondary

#5984C8

accent

#80EE39

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FAF2EA

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9721C

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

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