#A9731E#A9731E

#A9731E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.117 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9731E
RGB	rgb(169, 115, 30)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 14.14, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 53.65, 74.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.0339 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.117 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7290, 20.7923, 4.0443)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9731E #1E54A9

analogous

#A92E1E #A9731E #9AA91E

triadic

#A9731E #1EA973 #731EA9

tetradic

#A9731E #1EA92E #1E54A9 #A91E9A

square

#A9731E #1EA92E #1E54A9 #A91E9A

split-complementary

#A9731E #1E9AA9 #2E1EA9

monochromatic

#412C0C #755015 #A9731E #D9962B #E3AF5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A9731E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A9731E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9731E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9731E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9731E	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)

#86760D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9731e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 115, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.117 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89b62',
    500: '#a9731e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9731e;
$custom-light: #c89b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9731e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.691,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59761,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9731E

secondary

#5C85C7

accent

#80ED3B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9731E

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

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