#A9743C#A9743C

#A9743C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.098 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9743C
RGB	rgb(169, 116, 60)
HSL	hsl(31, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 64.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 15.09, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 41.53, 68.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.0409 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.098 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4247, 21.2540, 7.1428)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9743C #3C71A9

analogous

#A93E3C #A9743C #A7A93C

triadic

#A9743C #3CA974 #743CA9

tetradic

#A9743C #3CA93E #3C71A9 #A93CA7

square

#A9743C #3CA93E #3C71A9 #A93CA7

split-complementary

#A9743C #3CA7A9 #3E3CA9

monochromatic

#4F361C #7C552C #A9743C #C5935D #D5B18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A9743C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A9743C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9743C

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9743C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9743C	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9743c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 116, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.098 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69c74',
    500: '#a9743c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9743c;
$custom-light: #c69c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9743c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.826,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60235,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9743C

secondary

#81A0C0

accent

#92D751

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#130E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9743C

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

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