#A9721F#A9721F

#A9721F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.116 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9721F
RGB	rgb(169, 114, 31)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 14.74, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 53.24, 73.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0358 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.116 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6286, 20.5706, 4.0748)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9721F #1F56A9

analogous

#A92D1F #A9721F #9BA91F

triadic

#A9721F #1FA972 #721FA9

tetradic

#A9721F #1FA92D #1F56A9 #A91F9B

square

#A9721F #1FA92D #1F56A9 #A91F9B

split-complementary

#A9721F #1F9BA9 #2D1FA9

monochromatic

#422C0C #754F16 #A9721F #D8942D #E2AE60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A9721F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#A9721F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9721F

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9721F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9721F	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)

#85750F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9721f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 114, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.116 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89a62',
    500: '#a9721f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9721f;
$custom-light: #c89a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9721f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59571,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9721F

secondary

#5D87C7

accent

#82EC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9721F

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

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