#A9731C#A9731C

#A9731C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9731C
RGB	rgb(169, 115, 28)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 14.07, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 54.31, 74.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.0335 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.117 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7043, 20.7824, 3.9140)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9731C #1C52A9

analogous

#A92C1C #A9731C #98A91C

triadic

#A9731C #1CA973 #731CA9

tetradic

#A9731C #1CA92C #1C52A9 #A91C98

square

#A9731C #1CA92C #1C52A9 #A91C98

split-complementary

#A9731C #1C98A9 #2C1CA9

monochromatic

#402C0B #744F13 #A9731C #DB9627 #E4B05B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A9731C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A9731C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9731C

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9731C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9731C	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93831F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9731c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 115, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89b61',
    500: '#a9731c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9731c;
$custom-light: #c89b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9731c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59749,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9731C

secondary

#5983C8

accent

#7FEE39

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9731C

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

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