#A9742A#A9742A

#A9742A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.110 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9742A
RGB	rgb(169, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 14.06, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 49.25, 73.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.0352 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.11 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0272, 21.0950, 5.0490)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9742A #2A5FA9

analogous

#A9352A #A9742A #9FA92A

triadic

#A9742A #2AA974 #742AA9

tetradic

#A9742A #2AA935 #2A5FA9 #A92A9F

square

#A9742A #2AA935 #2A5FA9 #A92A9F

split-complementary

#A9742A #2A9FA9 #352AA9

monochromatic

#473112 #78521E #A9742A #D09441 #DCAF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A9742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A9742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9742A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9742A	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.110 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79c68',
    500: '#a9742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9742a;
$custom-light: #c79c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.961,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60045,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9742A

secondary

#6C90C3

accent

#87E344

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9742A

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

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