#A9731F#A9731F

#A9731F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.116 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9731F
RGB	rgb(169, 115, 31)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 14.17, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 53.31, 74.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0341 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.116 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7420, 20.7975, 4.1126)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9731F #1F55A9

analogous

#A92E1F #A9731F #9AA91F

triadic

#A9731F #1FA973 #731FA9

tetradic

#A9731F #1FA92E #1F55A9 #A91F9A

square

#A9731F #1FA92E #1F55A9 #A91F9A

split-complementary

#A9731F #1F9AA9 #2E1FA9

monochromatic

#422D0C #755016 #A9731F #D8952D #E2AF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A9731F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A9731F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9731F

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9731F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9731F	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)

#86760F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9731f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 115, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.116 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89b62',
    500: '#a9731f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9731f;
$custom-light: #c89b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9731f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59767,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9731F

secondary

#5D86C7

accent

#81EC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9731F

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

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