#A9743E#A9743E

#A9743E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.097 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9743E
RGB	rgb(169, 116, 62)
HSL	hsl(30, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 63.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 15.23, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 40.64, 67.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0416 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.097 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4786, 21.2755, 7.4265)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9743E #3E73A9

analogous

#A93E3E #A9743E #A8A93E

triadic

#A9743E #3EA974 #743EA9

tetradic

#A9743E #3EA93E #3E73A9 #A93EA8

square

#A9743E #3EA93E #3E73A9 #A93EA8

split-complementary

#A9743E #3EA8A9 #3E3EA9

monochromatic

#4F371D #7C552E #A9743E #C59360 #D5B18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A9743E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A9743E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9743E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9743E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9743E	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)

#857839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9743e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 116, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.097 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69c75',
    500: '#a9743e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9743e;
$custom-light: #c69c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9743e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.28,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60261,
    "c": 0.09701,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9743E

secondary

#83A1C0

accent

#93D652

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#130E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9743E

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

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