#A9721E#A9721E

#A9721E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.117 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9721E
RGB	rgb(169, 114, 30)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 14.70, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 53.59, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0356 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.117 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6156, 20.5654, 4.0065)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9721E #1E55A9

analogous

#A92D1E #A9721E #9BA91E

triadic

#A9721E #1EA972 #721EA9

tetradic

#A9721E #1EA92D #1E55A9 #A91E9B

square

#A9721E #1EA92D #1E55A9 #A91E9B

split-complementary

#A9721E #1E9BA9 #2D1EA9

monochromatic

#412C0C #754F15 #A9721E #D9942B #E3AE5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A9721E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#A9721E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9721E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9721E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9721E	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)

#85750D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9721e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 114, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.117 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89a62',
    500: '#a9721e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9721e;
$custom-light: #c89a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9721e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59565,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9721E

secondary

#5C86C7

accent

#81ED3B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9721E

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

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