#A9735B#A9735B

#A9735B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.077 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9735B
RGB	rgb(169, 115, 91)
HSL	hsl(18, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 46.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 18.38, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 28.57, 49.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.0548 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.077 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3824, 21.4536, 12.7523)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9735B #5B91A9

analogous

#A95B6A #A9735B #A99A5B

triadic

#A9735B #5BA973 #735BA9

tetradic

#A9735B #6AA95B #5B91A9 #9A5BA9

square

#A9735B #6AA95B #5B91A9 #9A5BA9

split-complementary

#A9735B #5BA99A #5B6AA9

monochromatic

#5A3D2F #825744 #A9735B #BE9583 #D3B8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#A9735B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#A9735B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9735B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9735B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9735B	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E845B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9735b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 115, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.077 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59b89',
    500: '#a9735b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9735b;
$custom-light: #c59b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9735b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60553,
    "c": 0.07717,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9735B

secondary

#9FB7C1

accent

#A8C760

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F8F2F0

border

#D1CCCB

text

#130E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9735B

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

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