#A9742E#A9742E

#A9742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.108 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9742E
RGB	rgb(169, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(34, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 14.25, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 47.61, 72.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.0363 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.108 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1024, 21.1250, 5.4451)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9742E #2E63A9

analogous

#A9362E #A9742E #A1A92E

triadic

#A9742E #2EA974 #742EA9

tetradic

#A9742E #2EA936 #2E63A9 #A92EA1

square

#A9742E #2EA936 #2E63A9 #A92EA1

split-complementary

#A9742E #2EA1A9 #362EA9

monochromatic

#493214 #795321 #A9742E #CD9347 #DAB077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A9742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#A9742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9742E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9742E	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)

#867725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.108 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79c6b',
    500: '#a9742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9742e;
$custom-light: #c79c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.146,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60081,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9742E

secondary

#7194C2

accent

#89E047

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9742E

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

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