#A9742C#A9742C

#A9742C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.109 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9742C
RGB	rgb(169, 116, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 14.15, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 48.44, 73.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0357 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.109 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0639, 21.1096, 5.2423)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9742C #2C61A9

analogous

#A9362C #A9742C #A0A92C

triadic

#A9742C #2CA974 #742CA9

tetradic

#A9742C #2CA936 #2C61A9 #A92CA0

square

#A9742C #2CA936 #2C61A9 #A92CA0

split-complementary

#A9742C #2CA0A9 #362CA9

monochromatic

#483113 #78531F #A9742C #CE9444 #DBAF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A9742C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A9742C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9742C

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9742C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9742C	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)

#867723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9742c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 116, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.109 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79c69',
    500: '#a9742c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9742c;
$custom-light: #c79c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9742c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.56,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60062,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9742C

secondary

#6E92C3

accent

#88E246

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9742C

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

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