#A9741C#A9741C

#A9741C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.117 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9741C
RGB	rgb(169, 116, 28)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 13.51, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 54.38, 75.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.0319 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.117 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8189, 21.0117, 3.9523)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9741C #1C51A9

analogous

#A92D1C #A9741C #97A91C

triadic

#A9741C #1CA974 #741CA9

tetradic

#A9741C #1CA92D #1C51A9 #A91C97

square

#A9741C #1CA92D #1C51A9 #A91C97

split-complementary

#A9741C #1C97A9 #2D1CA9

monochromatic

#402C0B #745013 #A9741C #DB9727 #E4B15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A9741C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A9741C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9741C

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9741C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9741C	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93841F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9741c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 116, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.117 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89b61',
    500: '#a9741c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9741c;
$custom-light: #c89b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9741c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.447,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59945,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9741C

secondary

#5983C8

accent

#7DEE39

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9741C

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

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